EEL4351/6353: Solid-State Electronics/Semiconductor Device Theory, Fall 2005

    Course announcements

      9/21/2005: Click here to download the equations that will be given to you during the final exam on Thursday, December 15, 2005.
      9/21/2005: Click here to download the equations that will be given to you during the second midterm exam on Monday, November 1, 2005.
      9/21/2005: Last year sample final and final exams can be downloaded from here.
      9/21/2005: Please go carefully over the solution of the first question in Problem Set 1. Many students were off by a factor of 1/2.
      9/21/2005: Last year problem sets, sample midterm, and midterm exams can be downloaded from here.

    Course meeting times

      Classes: MW 9:15-10:30 am, Rm. 315 (F.E.E.D.S.)
      Office hours: MW 10:30am-12:00 pm, Rm. B364

    Grader: Yang Wang

      Room number: A311 (FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
      Office hours: Wednesday, 2pm-3pm.

    Syllabus



   The dates for the lecture notes are tentative. The content may also be slightly adjusted during the semester.

   The lecture notes posted on this site give you an idea about what we do in the class. However, during the lectures, I will most probably cover more or different material than in this lecture notes. Therefore, students are strongly encouraged to study by using the notes that we write in class.

   Day  Date Topic Problem Sets    Solutions
1 M   8/29/05     Energy levels in atomic system H atom, Si atom, Si crystal)    
2 W   8/31/05     Structure of crystals: sc, fcc, bcc, Miller indices. (Chapter 1 from textbook)    
3 M   9/5/05     LABOR DAY    
4 W   9/7/05     Density of states, Fermi distribution function, electron and hole concentration in semiconductor systems at thermal equilibrium (1) PS1 SOL1
5 M 9/12/05 Electron and hole concentration in semiconductors at thermal equilibrium. Nondegenerate/degenerate semiconductors (2)    
6 W 9/14/05 Intrinsic/extrinsic semiconductors (3) PS2 SOL2
7 M 9/19/05 Currents in semiconductors    
8 W 9/21/05 Review, problem solving    
9 M 9/26/05 EXAM 1 Distribution  
10 W 9/28/05 Overview of Exam 1, Einstein relations    
11 M 10/3/05 Generation-Recombination processes    
12 W 10/5/05 Current continuity equations, quasi-Fermi potentials    
13 M 10/10/05 Basic equations in semiconductors, solution for a semiconductor bar illuminated at x=0 PS3 SOL3
14 W 10/12/05 PN junctions: depletion approximation, width of the depletion region for abrupt junctions    
15 M 10/17/05 PN-junctions: depletion charge, depletion layer capacitance PS4 SOL4
16 W 10/19/05 PN-junctions: currents, small-signal parameters    
17 M 10/24/05 Metal-Semiconductor junctions    
18 W 10/26/05 Review, problem solving    
19 M 10/31/05 EXAM 2 Distribution  
20 W 11/2/05 Problem solving    
21 M 11/7/05 BJT: structure, principle of operation PS5 SOL5
22 W 11/9/05 BJT: Ebers-Mall equations    
23 M 11/14/05 BJT: Small-signal analysis PS6 SOL6
24 W 11/16/05 JFET, MESFET    
25 M 11/21/05 JFET,MESFET PS7 SOL7
26 W 11/23/05 MOSFET    
27 M 11/28/05 MOSFET  
28 W 11/30/05 MOSFET PS8 SOL8
29 M 12/5/05 Other semiconductor devices  
30 W 12/7/05 Review, problem solving
  Th 12/15/05 FINAL EXAM