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Course
Introduction to Solid-State Electronics
Lecturer
Pei-Wen Li
Credits
Junior
Senior
Required/Elective
Elective
Level
3
Course Description
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Introduction
1. Classification of materials
2. Crystalline and impure semiconductors
3. Crystal lattices and periodic structure
4. Reciprocal lattice, Brillium zone
Quantum Mechanics
1. Principles of Quantum Mechanics
2. Schrödinger’s Wave Equation
3. Application of Schrödinger’s Wave Equation
Quantum Theory of Solids
1. Kronig-Penny Model
2. E-k Diagrams
3. Electrical Conduction in Solids
4. Effective Mass
5. Density of State Functions
6. Statistical Mechanics
Semiconductor at Equilibrium
1. Carriers in Semiconductors
2. Dopant Atoms and Energy Levels
3. Extrinsic Semiconductor
4. Statistics of Donors and Acceptors
5. Charge Neutrality
6. Position of Fermi Energy
Carrier Transport at Equilibrium
1. Carrier Drift
2. Carrier Diffusion
3. Graded Impurity Distribution
4. Hall Effect
5. Charge Neutrality
6. Position of Fermi Energy
Nonequilibrium Excess Carriers
1. Carrier Generation and Recombination
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3. Ambipolar Transport
4. Quasi-Fermi Energy Levels
5. Excess-Carrier Lifertime
6. Surface Effects
P-N Junction
1. P-N junction Formation
2. Fermi Level Alignment
3. Built-in E-field
4. Bias Effect
5. Linearly Graded PN Junction
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Textbook / Handouts
Continuity Equation
I-V Characteristics
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Robert F. Pierret: “Advanced Semiconductor
Fundamentals”
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D. A. Neaman, “Semiconductor Physics and
Devices”