| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Roblin | 2/05 |
| | 432 | Physics of Semiconductor Devices |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | Principles of semiconductor devices; theory of excess carriers, photoelectric effects, and diffusion; application to P-N |
| | junction, Schottky barrier, bipolar transistor, and field effect transistors. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. | 3 | U | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 331, and prereq or concur 323. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Energy bands, principles of quantum mechanics, electronic properties of atom and crystalline solids, semiconductor |
| | statistics and charge carrier properties. |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | 637, 730, 732, 734, 735, 737 |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices, 2005 | Anderson and Anderson | McGraw-Hill |
| | ISBN: 0072369779 |
| | |
| | Optional text: Solid State Electronic Devices, 6th Ed.; ISBN: |
| | 0-131-49726-X, by Streetman and Banerjee; Prentice-Hall |
| | Publishing |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | none |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Students are introduced to the fundamental principles of operation of semiconductor devices. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 2. Students learn to master energy band diagram analysis. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 3. Students will understand the physical limits of operation (voltage, temperature) of semiconductor devices. (Criterion |
| | 3(c)) |
| | 4. Provide students with necessary background to understand the principle of new devices as new technologies become |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Review of Energy bands and Charge carriers (4) |
| | Excess carriers in semiconductors (3) |
| | Diodes (6) |
| | Bipolar Junction Transistor (7) |
| | Field effect transistor (6) |
| | Overview: Additional technical topics at instructor's discretion (4) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
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