Number of hours
- Lectures 6.0
- Tutorials 6.0
ECTS
ECTS 1.0
Goal(s)
To understand the physical phenomena which appear in semiconductor materials and are used in microelectronic sensors or devices
Contact Nathalie MATHIEUContent(s)
Physical and electrical conducting properties of semiconductors :
• Semiconductor elementary properties at equilibrium (structures, energy bands, electron and hole, doping)
•Poisson equation and consequences (Space Charge Region, potential barrier or well)
• PN junction at equilibrium
•Weak perturbations of equilibrium : charge transport (conduction, carrier mobility, diffusion, Hall effect)
•Strong perturbations of equilibrium (carrier generation and recombination)
Prerequisites
Basics of :
• Quantum Physics
• Statistical Physics
• Solid-State Physics (electronic properties, energy bands, charge carriers)
Written exam (2h)
H. MATHIEU, Physique des semiconducteurs et des composants électroniques (Dunod, 2004)
G. STREETMAN and S. BANERJEE, Solid-State Electronic Devices (Prentice Hall, 2005)
S.M. SZE : Semiconductor devices: Physics and Technology (2nd Ed., J. Wiley, 2002)
U.K. MISHRA and J. SINGH Semiconductor Device Physics and Design (Springer, 2008)