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Contributing Scholar - Chand Viswanathan, University of California, Los Angeles
3 Semester Credit Hours
Course Description
This course will cover basic solid state physics concepts including classical electromagnetics, principles of quantum physics, atomic structure, crystal structure, and material band structure. These concepts are then applied directly to semiconductor devices including pn-junctions, MOSFETs, and BJTs. The focus of the course is on understanding the physics concepts and on how to apply them. Lectures center on the physics topics themselves, and students are asked to develop many of the application ideas through guided homework.
Prerequisites
- One year of calculus.
- An undergraduate course in differential equations and linear algebra.
- An undergraduate course in basic electromagnetic theory.
- An undergraduate course in the properties of materials or solid state physics.
- General prerequisite: Students must have the knowledge resulting from completing all coursework in the curriculum for a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program in the United States or a CEAB-accredited program in Canada, or the equivalent from a foreign institution; performance level in this coursework should be equivalent to a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.9 or better on 4.0 scale.
Course Objectives
- Introduce or provide a review of electromagnetic equations applied to semiconductors including Poisson’s Equation, the Continuity Equation, and the Lorentz Force Equation.
- Discuss capacitive effects and how they are applied in semiconductor devices.
- Discuss inductive effects and how they are applied in semiconductor devices.
- Discuss conductivity of materials.
- Introduce or provide a review of quantum physics principles.
- Introduce or provide a review of atomic structure.
- Relate atomic structure to the band structure of materials.
- Introduce or provide a review of basic crystal structure.
- Discuss semiconductor band structure including electrons and holes, conduction and valence bands, Fermi energy, band gaps, effective mass, and characterization in k-space.
- Analyze basic behaviors of pn-junctions, MOS capacitors, metal-semiconductor junctions, MOSFETs, and BJTs
Course Topics
The following topics will be covered in the order given.
- Poisson’s, Continuity, and Lorentz Force Equations
- Conductivity
- Capacitive Effects
- Inductive Effects
- Quantum Mechanical Principles
- Quantum Mechanical Effects in Device
- Atomic Structure
- Material Band Structure
- Density of States and Fermi Energy
- Basic Band Structure in Semiconductors
- Electrons and Holes
- Doping Semiconductors
- Crystal Structure
- E-k Space
- Complex Band Structure in Semiconductors
- PN-Junctions
- MOS Capacitors
- Metal-Semiconductor Junctions
- MOSFETs
- BJTs
Textbooks
Required: Bart Van Zeghbroeck, Principles of Semiconductor Devices, Available online at http://ece-www.colorado.edu/~bart/book/;
Required: James Nearing, Mathematical Tools for Physics, Available online at http://www.physics.miami.edu/~nearing/mathmethods/ . Optional/Recommended: Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology, S. M. Sze, 2nd edition, John Wiley, ISBN: 0-471-33372-7.
Disclaimer: The course syllabus may differ slightly from this course. Descriptions will be provided in your online course. Textbook information is provided only to give more information about the course. Do Not use this information to purchase a textbook. Up-to-date information will be provided when you register.
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