ECE 445: Semiconductor Physics and Devices

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445 Semiconductor Physics and Devices. II; 3 cr. Band model and carrier transport in semiconductors, excess carriers, p-n junctions, contacts and surfaces, physics of devices including bipolar and field effect transistors, diodes, photodevices, SCR's, thin film structures. P: ECE 335.

Course Prerequisite(s)

ECE 335

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Exposure to atomic physics
Ability to solve linear differential equations
Computer programming of algebraic expressions

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Robert F. Pierret, Semiconductor Device Fundamentals, Addison-Wesley, 1996.

Course objectives

This course is designed to give electrical engineering students a solid background in semiconductor devices and physics. It explains prototype PN-junction, BJT and MOS transistors and applies the results to BiCMOS integration.

Topics covered

Review of modern physics
Density of states
Equilibrium semiconductors
Non-equilibrium semiconductors
Generation and recombination models
PN-junctions
Bipolar junction transistors
MOS capacitors
MOS transistors
BiCMOS integration

Class/laboratory schedule

Two 75 minute lectures per week

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component

This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

manufacturability

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.

knowledge of measurement techniques and experimental procedures in core electrical and computer engineering applications advanced expertise in design, analysis, and fabrication techniques within a student-selected electrical and computer engineering concentration area

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

The students' progress towards the course objectives will be assessed through weekly homework assignments, as well as in-class midterm and final exams.

Person(s) who prepared this description

Franco Cerrina
Daniel Cobb
Christopher L. DeMarco
Irena Knezevic
Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma

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Date last modified: 18-Jul-2007
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