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Semiconductor physics - 4PMFPHS4

  • Number of hours

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

    ECTS

    ECTS 1.5

Goal(s)

This course presents the physics of solids and physics of semiconductors which are necessary to understand the basic operation of semiconductor devices.

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Content(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. PN junctions


Prerequisites

solid state physics

Test

Semester 8 - The exam is given in english only 

"In presence": Closed-book Final Exam (2h)
"At distance": 25% assignements + 75% on-line test with 2 parts (30 minutes + 45 minutes).



En présentiel : examen écrit sans documents de 2 heures
En mode « à distance » : 25% contrôle continu + 75% test en ligne avec 2 parties (30 minutes + 45 minutes).

Additional Information

This course brings 2.0 ECTS to students in UE Applied Materials II

This course brings 2.0 ECTS to students in UE Materials basics & characterizat

Semester 8 - This course is given in english only EN
Course list
Curriculum->Engineering degree->Semester 8
Curriculum->Internationals Cursus->Semester 8

Bibliography

  • Sze S.M.: Semiconductor devices: Physics and Technology, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley, (2002)
  • Singh J.: Semiconductor devices, basic principles, Wiley, (2002)