ECE 135A: Semiconductor Physics Fall 2009
Instructor: Professor Paul Yu
3604
EBU1
534-6180
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Lectures: M,W 5:00 -6:20PM, HSS 106 (Make up lectures by announcement: F: 5:00- 6:20 PM EBUI 2512) |
Office
Hours: Wed, Fri 12:00-1:30PM or by appointment/drop-in |
Required Text: Michael Shur, Physics of Semiconductor
Devices, (Prentice Hall, 1990).
Additional References:
Robert F. Pierret, Semiconductor
Device Fundamentals, (Addison-Wesley, 1996).
B. G. Streetman and S. Banerjee, Solid
State Electronic Devices, 5th Ed. (Prentice-Hall, 2000).
S. M. Sze, Physics of
Semiconductor Devices, Second Edition (John Wiley & Sons, 1981).
S. Wang, Fundamentals of Semiconductor Theory and Device Physics,
(Prentice-Hall, 1989).
Grading:
Grades
will be computed using Option 1 and Option 2 below. You will receive the higher
of your two computed grades.
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Option 1 |
Option 2 |
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Problem
Sets |
15% |
0% |
approximately one per week |
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Midterm
1 |
25% |
25% |
5-6:00PM
Oct. 21 (tentative) |
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Midterm
2 |
30% |
30% |
5:30-6:30PM
Nov. 16 (tentative) |
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Final
Exam |
30% |
45% |
7PM
– 10PM, Dec 11* |
Note: If an exam regrade is requested,
the entire exam may be regraded by
the course instructor!
*This
date will be discussed for change.
Course
Topics:
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Topic |
Reading (Shur) |
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Semiconductor material properties: |
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Basics of quantum mechanics |
Sections
1.1-1.3 |
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Crystal structure, band structure, Brillouin zones |
Sections
1.4-1.5 |
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Semiconductor statistics and transport |
Sections
1.6-1.12 |
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pn junctions |
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Brief review of pn junction behavior |
Sections
2.1-2.6, 2.8 |
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pn
junctions for optoelectronic devices |
(Chapter
5) |
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Tunnel diodes |
Sections
2.7 |
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Schottky and Ohmic contacts;
heterojunctions |
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Schottky contacts |
Sections
2.9-2.10 |
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Ohmic contacts |
Section
2.11 |
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Heterojunctions |
Section
2.12 |
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Additional topics as time permits |
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