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ECE6201J – Semiconductor Physics
Instructors:
Credits: 3 credits
Pre-requisites: Advanced mathematics, basic of quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical physics and crystallography
Description:
The main objective of this course is to convey insight into why semiconductors are peculiar compared to metals and insulators. In this respect, Starting with these two extreme materials is of fundamental importance to understanding semiconductors. There will be some overlap with Ve504 and because the course covers several aspects of solid states physics, I believe it is very useful offering the students different points of view about the same concepts, which are neither trivial nor intuitive.
In this course I attempt to establish a bridge between two different and often separated conceptions of material science, the engineering and physics approaches.
Course Topics:
Highlights and approach
What is a semiconductor I
What is a semiconductor II
Boltzmann classical statistics
Drude model
Useful concepts imported from QM I
Useful concepts imported from QM II
Thermal vibrations
Concept of Fermi level I
Concept of Fermi level II
Sommerfeld theory I
Sommerfeld theory II
Crystals lattice
Reciprocal lattice and Brillouin zone
Wave and matter
Origin of the bandgap
Effective mass
Dopant diffusion I
Dopant diffusion II
Semiconductor and basic devices I
Semiconductor and basic devices II
Mobility I
Mobility II