| 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 248. |
| Professor
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Prof.
Harry Atwater |
| TAs
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Morgan Putnam
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| Office
Hours : |
TBA |
| Class Secretary
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April Neidholdt |
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| Homework
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Homework #1
Homework
#1 Solutions
Homework #2
Homework #4
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Course
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| Lecture
Notes : |
Notes #1
Complement #1
Complement #2
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Course
Description : |
Principles of semiconductor electronic
structure, carrier transport properties, and optoelectronic
properties relevant to semiconductor device physics.
Fundamental performance aspects of basic and advanced
semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices.
Topics include energy band theory, carrier generation
and recombination mechanisms, quasi-Fermi levels, carrier
drift and diffusion transport, 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. Basic Semiconductor Physics, Chihiro Hamaguchi, Springer Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-41639-0, 2001.
2. 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 : |
3. Semiconductor Material and Device Characterization, D.K. Schroder (editor), Wiley, New York, ISBN: 13-978-0-471-73906-7, 2006.
4. Semiconductor Device Fundamentals, Robert F. Pierret, Addison-Wesley, ISBN: 0-201-54393-1, 1996.
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