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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