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Course Outline
Introduction
- Overview of semiconductors
Materials Properties and Doping
- Energy levels to energy bands
- Crystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous semiconductors
- Miller indices
- Properties of common semiconductors
- Free carriers in semiconductors
Rudiments of Quantum Mechanics
- Understanding the wave equation
- Quantum confinement
- Quantum tunneling and reflection
- Electron waves in crystals
- Density of states
Equilibrium Carrier Concentration
- Understanding the Fermi function
- Fermi-Dirac integrals
- Fermi level vs. Carrier concentration
- Doping density vs. Carrier concentration
- Temperature vs. Carrier concentration
Carrier Transport, Generation, and Recombination
- Understanding the Landauer approach
- Current from the nanoscale to the macroscale
- Drift-diffusion equation
- Carrier recombination and carrier generation
The Semiconductor Equations
- Understanding mathematical formulation
- Energy band diagrams
- Quasi-Fermi levels
- Minority carrier diffusion equation
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Knowledge of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics
- Knowledge about semiconductors
- Understanding of basic differential equations
Audience
- Electrical engineers
- Anyone interested in semiconductor
35 Hours
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