PHT.301 Physics of Semiconductor Devices

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Introduction

Electrons in crystals

Intrinsic Semiconductors

Extrinsic Semiconductors

Transport

pn junctions

Contacts

JFETs/MESFETs

MOSFETs

Bipolar transistors

Opto-electronics

Lectures

Books

Exam questions

Html basics

TUG students

Student projects

      

Winter Semester 2020

Introduction

October 7, 2020 - Introduction - Video - (pdf)

Introduction to microelectronics - Video - (pdf)


Semiconductor crystals

Crystal structures - Video - (pdf)

Electrons in crystals - Video - (pdf)


Intrinsic semiconductors

Intrinsic semiconductors - Video - (pdf)
Boltzmann approximation
Intrinsic semiconductors with a split-off band


Extrinsic semiconductors

Extrinsic semiconductors - Video - (pdf)
Fermi energy and carrier concentrations of extrinsic semiconductors

Exam questions: Mar 20 P1,  Jun 19 P1,  Mar 19 P1,  Nov 18 P1,  Oct 18 P1,  Mar 18 P1


Carrier transport

Carrier transport - Video - (pdf)


pn Junctions

pn - Junctions - Video - (pdf)
Abrupt pn-junctions in the depletion approximation
Linearly graded pn-junctions in the depletion approximation

Biased pn - Junctions - Video - (pdf)
PN diode current-voltage characteristics
PN diode voltage-temperature characteristics

Exam questions: Feb 18 P1, Nov 17 P1


Metal-Semiconductor Contacts

Metal-Semiconductor Contacts - Video - (pdf)
n-Schottky contact
p-Schottky contact

Exam questions: Jan 19 P3, Mar 17 P3


JFETs, MESFETs, MODFETs

JFETs - Video - (pdf)
JFET Gradual Channel Approximation

JFETs - Video - (pdf)
Transistor characteristics of an n-JFET
Transistor characteristics of an p-JFET

MESFETs, MODFETs - Video - (pdf) -
MESFET Gradual Channel Approximation

Exam questions: Mar 20 P3,   Jan 20 P1,   May 19 P1,  Mar 19 P3,  Nov 18 P2,  Jun18 P1,  May18 P2, Jun 17 P2


MOSFETs

MOSFETs - Video - (pdf)

MOSFETs: Gradual Channel Approximation -
Video - (pdf) - Course notes

CMOS, Memories - Video - (pdf)

Miniaturization and scaling - Video - (pdf)

Beyond CMOS - Video - (pdf)

Exam questions: Mar 20 P2,   Jan 20 P2,  Jun 19 P2,   May 19 P2,  Jan 19 P2,  Jun18 P2,  May18 P1,  Mar 18 P2,  Mar 18 P3, Feb 18 P3, Nov 17 P3, Jun 17 P3


Biplolar Transistors

Bipolar transistors - Video - (pdf)

Heterojunction bipolar transistors, thyristors, latch-up - Video - (pdf)

Exam questions: Jan 20 P3,  Jun 19 P3,   May 19 P3,  Mar 19 P2,  Jan 19 P1,  Nov 18 P3,  Jun18 P3,  May18 P3,  May18 P4,  Mar 18 P4, Feb 18 P2, Nov 17 P2, Nov 17 P4, Jun 17 P4, Mar 17 P4


Optoelectronics

Light emitting diodes - Video - (pdf)

Solar Cells - Video - (pdf)

Laser Diodes - Video - (pdf)

Exam questions: Mar 20 P4,  Jan 20 P4,  Jun 19 P4,   May 19 P4,  Mar 19 P4,  Jan 19 P4,  Nov 18 P4,  Jun18 P4, Feb 18 P4, Jun 17 P1

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Winter Semester 2019