EE451 Syllabus
Text: Neamen, "An Introduction to Semiconductor Devices," McGraw-Hill, New York, NY; 2006.
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Problems Due |
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1 |
Fri, 11 Jan |
Course
Intro; Crystal Structure of Solids |
Ch. 1 |
1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 1.14,
1.16 |
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2 |
Fri, 18 Jan |
Principles
of Quantum Mechanics; Energy
Quantization |
2.0-2.2,
App. E |
1.20, 1.23, 1.24, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 2.6, 2.9, 2.11 |
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3 |
Thurs, 24
Jan |
Energy
Bands; K-space and Density of States; Statistical Mechanics |
2.3-2.5 |
2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, 2.22, 2.23, 2.25, 2.27 |
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4 |
Fri, 1 Feb |
Charge
Carriers in Semiconductors; Intrinsic Carrier Concentration; Dopant Atoms |
3.1-3.2,
Silicon Run |
2.29, 2.35 3.5, 3.9, 3.11a 3.3, 3.7, 3.16, 3.18, 3.19 |
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5 |
Mon, 11
Feb |
Carrier
Distributions in the Extrinsic Semiconductor; Statistics of Donors and
Acceptors; Carrier Concentrations & Fermi Level Position |
3.3-3.6 |
3.21, 3.23, 3.24 EX3.9 on p. 102; 3.32, 3.33,3.36, 3.39,
3.62, 3.51, 3.53, 3.54,3.57 |
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6 |
Fri, 15 Feb |
EXAM I |
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7 |
Fri, 22 Feb |
Carrier
Drift & Diffusion |
4.1-4.2 |
4.1, 4.3, 4.13, 4.21 a, b; 4.23, 4.29, 4.33 |
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8 |
Fri, 1 Mar |
Graded
Impurity Distribution; Generation & Recombination |
4.3-4.4 |
4.35, 4.37, 4.38, 4.42 4.43, 4.45, 4.46 |
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9 |
Fri, 8 Mar |
The pn Junction in Zero Bias and Reverse Bias |
5.1-5.4
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5.1, 5.3, 5.5 (a,b,c); 5.5d, 5.13, 5.16, 5.17; 5.25, 5.29, 5.34, 5.37 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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10 |
Fri, 22 Mar |
Diodes
in Forward Bias & Metal-Semiconductor Ohmic Contacts |
5.5-5.6 |
5.38, 5.39, 5.42 5.45, 5.46, 5.47 |
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11 |
Fri, 29 Mar |
Basic
MOSFET Action and the MOS Capacitor |
6.0-6.4 |
6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 6.9, 6.11, 6.13, 6.15, 6.16, 6.21, 6.24, 6.27, 6.28 |
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12 |
Fri, 5 Apr |
EXAM
II |
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13 |
Fri, 12 Apr |
MOSFET
Operation- Ideal; Scaling and Non-Ideal Effects Non-equilibrium
Excess Carriers: Ambipolar Transport |
6.5,
7.1-7.4 |
6.30, 6.34, 6.37, 6.39, 6.49, 7.1 |
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14 |
Fri, 19 Apr |
Ambipolar Transport; Quasi-Fermi Levels and Excess Carrier Lifetime; pn Junctions, Revisited |
8.1-8.5; 9.1-9.7 |
8.9, 8.16, 8.26, 8.27, 8.31, 9.8, 9.9, 9.13a |
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15 |
Fri, 26 Apr |
Optical
Absorption, Solar Cells and Photodetectors, Laser and Light-Emitting Diodes |
12.1-12.5 |
9.39, 9.45, 9.47, 12.3, 12.10,12.15 |
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FINAL EXAM
TBA |
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