EEL4351: Solid-State Electronics, Fall 2007

    Course meeting times

      Classes: TuTh 1:15-2:30 pm, Rm. 214
      Office hours: TuTh 2:30am-3:30 pm, Rm. B364

    Syllabus

    Other materials



   The dates for the lecture notes are tentative. The content may also be slightly adjusted during the semester.
  
   Day  Date Topic Problem Sets    Solutions
1 Tu 8/28/07 Crystal structure (1)    
2 Th 8/30/07 Crystal structure (2) PS1 SOL1
3 Tu 9/4/07 Energy levels in atomic systems (the H atom, the Si atom, Si crystals)    
4 Th 9/6/07 Density of states, Fermi distribution function. Electron and hole distributions in semiconductor systems at thermal equilibrium    
5 Tu 9/11/07 Nondegenerate/degenerate semiconductors. Equations for intrinsic semiconductors PS2 SOL2
6 Th 9/13/07 Doped semiconductors. n, p, Fermi levels. Temperature dependence of n, p and Fermi levels    
7 Tu 9/18/07 Drift current. Sheet resistance PS3 SOL3
8 Th 9/20/07 Band bending. Diffusion current. Einstein relations    
9 Tu 9/25/07 Generation-recombination processes PS4 SOL4
10 Th 9/27/07 Current continuity equations. Quasi-Fermi potentials    
11 Tu 10/2/07 Basic equations in semiconductors. Semiconductor bar illuminated at x = 0.    
12 Th 10/4/07 Problem solving session Formula Sheet  
13 Tu 10/9/07 EXAM 1    
14 Th 10/11/07 Solution    
15 Tu 10/16/07      
16 Th 10/18/07 p-n junctions (1) PS5 SOL5
17 Tu 10/23/07 p-n junctions (2)    
18 Th 10/25/07 Review of p-n junctions, metal-semiconductor junctions (1)    
19 Tu 10/30/07 Metal-semiconductor junctions (2), JFET, MESFET PS6 SOL6
20 Th 11/1/07 JFET, MESFET Test Moore's low
21 Tu 11/6/07 EXAM 2    
22 Th 11/8/07 Optoelectronic devices (LED, solar cells, photodiodes). Problem solving session    
23 Tu 11/13/07 BJT (1)    
24 Th 11/15/07 BJT(2) and review Midterm 2 SOL
25 Tu 11/20/07 Review of BJT, solve problems with BJTs
26 Th 11/22/07 Happy Thanksgiving!
27 Tu 11/27/07 MOSFET (1)  
28 Th 11/29/07 MOSFET(2), FinFET, IMOS, HEMT, CNT/graphene, OLED, other semiconductor devices PS7 SOL7
29 Tu 12/4/07 MOSFET (3)
30 Th 12/6/07 Review
FINAL EXAM Formula sheet