Winter Semester 2026







PHT.301 Physics of Semiconductor Devices

Winter Semester 2026

Before the lectures the slides will be available at: https://cloud.tugraz.at/index.php/s/5P2peA8JfFW6Kr5
The lectures will be recorded via TUbe

Introduction

October 7, 2026 - Introduction - slides (pdf)

Semiconductor Crystals / Intrinsic semiconductors

October 14, 2026 - Crystal structure / Electrons in crystals - video slides (pdf)

October 21, 2026 - Intrinsic semiconductors - video slides (pdf)

► The lecture stopped this point. Below you can get the material from last year.

Extrinsic semiconductors

Carrier transport

PN junctions

<p><a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/Vbi.html">Built-in Voltage</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/abrupt.html">Abrupt pn junctions in the depletion approximation</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/linearly_graded.html">A linearly graded pn junction in the depletion approximation</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/pncalc_.html">One-dimensional Poisson solver</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/varactor.html">Varactor</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/longshortdiode.html">Long/short diodes</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/longdiode.html">Long diodes</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/shortdiode.html">Short diodes</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/pnIV.php">PN diode IV characteristics</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/IT_V.php">PN diode Current-Temperature Characteristics</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/VT_I.php">PN diode Voltage-Temperature Characteristics</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/zener_diode.php">Zener diodes</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/esaki.php">Tunnel diodes / Esaki diodes</a>
  <a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/~hadley/psd/L6/tht.php">x-ray image of a diode</a>
  </p>

Metal-Semiconductor Contacts

JFETs / MESFETs / MODFETs

MOSFETs

Bipolar Junction Transistors

Optoelectronics