| Weeks | Topics |
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Semiconductor: Definition and General Properties, Energy-Band Model, Differences between Insulators, Conductors and Semiconductors, Bloch Function.
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| 2 |
Effective Mass, Crystal Momentum, Density of States, Charge Carriers.
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| 3 |
Semiconductor Doping, Extrinsic and Intrinsic Semiconductors, Fermi Energy in Intrinsic Semiconductors.
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| 4 |
Fermi Energy in P and N type Semiconductors, Donor and Acceptor Levels.
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| 5 |
Electrical Properties of Semiconductors: Mobility, Conduction and Conduction Mechanisms.
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| 6 |
Minority and Majority Carrier Concentrations, Carrier Lifetime and Diffusion Length Constants.
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| 7 |
Hall Effect in Semiconductors, Hall Constant.
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| 8 |
Sample Questions and Applications.
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| 9 |
Midterm
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| 10 |
Typical Energy Bands in Semiconductors, Amorphous Semiconductors and Their Properties, Mott Transport: Metallic Behavior of Semiconductors.
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| 11 |
Semiconductor Devices: P-N Junctions and Junction Properties, Depletion Region, Built-in Potential, Photovoltaics.
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| 12 |
Forward and Reverse Bias Conditions in P-N Junctions, Current Mechanisms, Junction Capacitance, PNP and NPN Tansistors, Current Mechanisms, Power Gain.
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| 13 |
Tunnel Diode, Zener Diode, Gunn Diode, FETs, MOSFETs, Schottky Diodes (Metal-Semiconductor Junctions).
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| 14 |
Optical Properties of Semiconductors: Photocurrent, Optical Absorption, Luminescence, Photo- Luminescence, Electro- Luminescence, Cathode- Luminescence, Sample Questions.
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