| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |
| 20 Aug - 24 Aug | Energy States 1.1 - 1.3 |
Electron description 1.4 - 1.6 |
Electron description |
| 27 Aug - 31 Aug |
Kronig-Penney Model Problem set 1 due |
Optical effects, crystals 1.7 - 1.8
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Electrons in crystals 2.1 - 2.2
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| 3 Sep - 7 Sep | Labor Day | Band structure, intrinsic semiconductors 2.3 - 2.5
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Extrinsic semiconductors, holes 2.6 - 2.7
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| 10 Sep - 14 Sep | Density of states, Fermi-Dirac 2.8 - 2.9 Problem set 2 due |
Energy and temperature 2.10 - 2.11
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Degenerate semiconductors 2.12 |
| 17 Sep - 21 Sep | Review
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EXAM 1 | Drift current, mobility 3.1 - 3.3
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| 24 Sep - 28 Sep | Diffusion current, generation-recombination 3.4 - 3.5 |
Optical processes, continuity 3.6 - 3.7 |
Minority carriers 3.8 - 3.9 |
| 1 Oct - 5 Oct | Quasi-Fermi levels 3.10 - 3.11 Problem set 3 due |
Fermi levels, graded doping 4.1 - 4.2
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Non-uniform doping 4.3 - 4.5 |
| 8 Oct - 12 Oct | Columbus Day | Review Problem set 4 due
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EXAM 2 |
| 15 Oct - 19 Oct |
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PN junction 5.1 - 5.2 Problem set 5 due |
PN junction (Quantitative) 5.3
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| 22 Oct - 26 Oct | PN junction (Quantitative) 5.3 - 5.4 Problem set 6 due |
Transients, temperature 5.5 - 5.6
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PN junction summary, MS junctions 5.7, 6.4 Problem set 7 due |
| 29 Oct - 2 Nov | EXAM 3 | FETS, MOSFET introduction Part 3, 7.1 |
MOSFET (qualitative) 7.2 |
| 5 Nov - 9 Nov | MOSFET (quantitative) 7.3 Problem set 8 due |
MOSFET (quantitative)
7.3 - 7.4 |
MOSFET models 7.4 - 7.5 |
| 12 Nov - 16 Nov | Veteran's Day | Non-ideal effects 8.1 - 8.3 Problem set 9 due |
CMOS 8.4 - 8.5 |
| 19 Nov - 23 Nov | BJT introduction Part 4, 9.1 - 9.2 |
Current gain, models 9.3 - 9.4 Problem set 10 due |
Thanksgiving |
| 26 Nov - 30 Nov | Models, doping gradients 9.4 - 9.5 |
Ebers-Moll DC model, non-ideal effects 9.6 - 9.8 |
Non-ideal effects 9.9 - 9.12 |
| 3 Dec - 7 Dec | Ebers-Moll AC model, small-signal equivalent 10.1 - 10.3 |
Review Problem set 11 due |
Finals begin |