Number of hours
- Lectures 10.0
- Projects 0
- Tutorials 10.0
- Internship 0
- Laboratory works 0
ECTS
ECTS 2.0
Goal(s)
This course presents the physics of solids and physics of semiconductors which are necessary to understand the basic operation of semiconductor devices.
Contact Irina IONICAContent(s)
- 1. Semiconductor crystallography, energy bands, Fermi-Dirac distribution, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors.
- 2. Semiconductors at equilibrium (mass action law, electroneutrality, Fermi level,…).
- 3. Transport (diffusion, conduction, mobility, conservation equation,…).
- 4. Semiconductors out of equilibrium (carriers injection, depletion regions,…).
- 5. Schottky contact.
Prerequisites
Teaching methods : 10h Theoretical classes (T), 10h problems solved in classes
Language : Classes and assessment in English, Bibliography In English.
Test
Closed-book Final Exam (2h)
Additional Information
Course list
Curriculum->Master RI AMIS->Semester 7
Curriculum->Internationals Cursus->Semester 7
Bibliography
- Sze S.M.: Semiconductor devices: Physics and Technology, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley, (2002)
- Singh J.: Semiconductor devices, basic principles, Wiley, (2002)