Semiconductor Electronics

The course is a substitute for:

Semiconductor Electronics (X34EPO)

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Microelectronics

Synopsis:

Systematic and closed review of the semiconductor electronics with accent on the relationship between the general principles and properties of the semicon. or structures and devices and their applications. Basic principles, marginal and parasitic effects and future trends. Laboratory measurements and computer visualisation of physical effects helps to better understanding of the subject. Systematic derivation of semiconductor devices characteristics (diode, BJT, MOSFET, JFET, laser) with special emphasis on non-ideal effects and extracted circuit models. Essential trends of progress.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Semiconductor crystal lattices, lattice defects

2. Band structure of semiconductors, effective mass, density of states

3. Semiconductor in the thermal equilibrium. Fermi level calculation

4. Charge transport, scattering mechanisms

5. Non-equilibrium carrier densities, carrier generation and recombination

6. PN junction, heterojunction, band engineering

7. Semiconductor diodes, breakdown mechanisms, microwave diodes, resonant tunneling

8. BJT, non-ideal effects, HBT

9. JFET, MESFET, HEMT principles

10. MOS structure, capacitance, non-ideal effects

11. MOSFET, short-channel effects, CCD

12. Semiconductor detectors of radiation, semiconductor photo-multiplier

13. Semiconductor sources of radiation, QW lasers

14. QCD, Bloch oscillation, Coulomb blocade

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Laboratory measurements preparation

2. Measurements on the semiconductor diode

3. Measurements on the heterostructure

4. Measurements on the MOS structure

5. Semiconductor laser measurement

6. Quantum coupled device measurement

7. Computer simulation preparation

8. Simulation of diodes

9. BJT simulation

10. Unipolar transistors simulation

11. Optoelectronic devices simulation

12. QCD simulation

13. Check test

14. Course evaluation, acknowledgement

Study Objective:

Study materials:

[1] Neamen, D. A.: Semiconductor Physics and Devices. Irwin, 1992

[2] Streetman, B. G.: Solid State Electronic Devices. Prentice-Hall, 1980

[3] Wang, F. F. Y.: Introduction to Solid State Electronics. North Holland, 1989

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Elektronika-inženýrský blok (compulsory course)
• Elektronika-inženýrský blok (compulsory course)