| Homework
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Homework issued on Tuesdays
will be due the following Fridays at 5pm, and homework
issued on Thursdays will be due the following Mondays
at 5pm. Homework should be placed in the dropbox outside
Watson 252. |
| Professor
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Prof.
Harry Atwater |
| TAs
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Michael Kelzenberg |
| Office
Hours : |
Wednesday 4-5pm, 250 Watson
Additional office hours will be held as
needed.
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| Class Secretary
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April Neidholdt |
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| Homework
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Homework
#1
Solutions
to HW #1
Homework #2
Solutions to Homework #2
Homework #3
Solutions to Homework #3
Homework #4
Solutions to Homework #4
Homework #5
Solutions to Homework #5
Homework #6
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Homework #7
Solutions to Homework #7
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Course
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Syllabus
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| Lecture
Notes : |
Lecture #1
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Course
Description : |
In the Fall term, we focused on semiconductor
electronic structure, carrier transport properties,
and optoelectronic properties relevant to semiconductor
device physics, but didn’t do any device physics,
per se. In the Winter term, we will shift our focus
to fundamental performance aspects of basic and advanced
semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices.
Topics will include the Fermi energy, band-bending,
carrier generation and recombination mechanisms, quasi-Fermi
levels, carrier drift and diffusion transport, pn junctions,
metal-semiconductor contacts, MOS field effect devices
and quantum transport. Lectures will consist of two
parts: i) exposition of device physics fundamentals
and ii) “complements” to fundamental issues
in the form of focused topically-oriented sketches of
real-world semiconductor physics science issues, devices
and technologies. |
Required
Texts : |
1 . Physics of Semiconductor Devices,
3rd Edition, S.M. Sze and Kwok K. Ng, John Wiley and
Sons, New York, ISBN: 13-978-0-471-14323-9, 2007. |
Recommended
Texts : |
2. Semiconductor Material and Device
Characterization, D.K. Schroder (editor), Wiley,
New York, ISBN: 13-978-0-471-73906-7, 2006.
3 . Semiconductor Device Fundamentals, Robert
F. Pierret, Addison-Wesley, ISBN: 0-201-54393-1, 1996.
4 . Basic Semiconductor Physics, Chihiro Hamaguchi,
Springer Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-41639-0, 2001. |
