Phelma Formation 2022

Semiconductor physics - 3PMMPSE2

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 10.0
    • Projects 0
    • Tutorials 13.0
    • Internship 0
    • Laboratory works 0

    ECTS

    ECTS 1.5

Goal(s)

To understand the physical phenomena which appear in semiconductor materials and are used in microelectronic devices or sensors.

Contact Nathalie MATHIEU

Content(s)

• Energy bands and charge carriers in semiconductors (crystal lattices, energy bands, effective mass concept, electrons and holes)
• Semiconductor properties at equilibrium (intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, carrier concentrations, evolution with temperature)
• Introduction to semiconductor devices (carrier transport, conductivity and mobility, diffusion, example PN junction)



Prerequisites
  • Basics in physics : Physics course PET-PMP S5
  • Differential equations

Test

Session 1 : Continuous Assessment + written final exam (2h)
Grade Session 1 = 10% CA + 90% Exam
Session 2 : Written exam (2h)
Grade Session 2 = Examen S2 (100%)

Session 1 if confinement: Continuous Assessment + written final exam (30mn MCQ + 1h written exam)
Note Session 1 = 20% CA + 80% Exam
Session 2 if confinement : written exam 1h + oral (ZOOM and camera requested)
Note Session 2 = 100% oral



Contrôle continu : CC
Examen écrit Session1 : DS1
Examen écrit Session 2 : DS2
1 et 2 après type = session
N1 = Note finale session 1
N2 = Note finale session 2

En présentiel :
N1 = 10% CC + 90% DS1
N2 = 100% DS2

En distanciel :
N1 = 20% CC + 80% DS1
N2 = 100% Oral

Additional Information

Course list
Curriculum->1Y Core Curriculum->Semester 6
Curriculum->Common courses->Semester 6

Bibliography

Henry Mathieu, Hervé Fanet, Physique des semiconducteurs et des composants électroniques, Editions Dunod, 2009
Christian Ngô, Hélène Ngô, Physique des semiconducteurs, Editions Dunod, 2012
Ben G. Streetman, Sanjay K. Banerjee, Solid state devices, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2014
Simon M. Sze, Kwok K. Ng , Physics of semiconductore devices, Wiley 2006