With the completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the working principles of these devices.
• Explain the physical processes in these devices.
• Relate the device performance to materials and design criteria.
• Speak the "language" of device engineers.
• Be ready to engage in device research

Week 1:

• Solid State Devices Introduction
• Semiconductor Materials
• Applications of Elemental and Compound Semiconductors
• Atomic Positions and Bond Orientation
• Crystals
• Bravais Lattice
• Surfaces, Miller Index

Week 2:

• Elements of Quantum Mechanics
• Classic Systems
• Why D We Need Quantum Mechanics?
• Formulation of Schrodinger's Equation
• Analytical Solutions to Free and Bound Electrons​
• Electrons in a Finite Potential Well

Week 3:

• Electron Tunneling – Emergence of Bandstructure ​
• Transfer Matrix Method
• Tunneling through Barriers
• Bandstructure – in 1D Periodic Potentials

Week 4:

• Brillouin Zone and Reciprocal Lattice​
• Constant Energy Surfaces & Density of States​
• Bandstructure in Real Materials (Si, Ge, GaAs)​
• E(k) Diagrams in Specific Crystal Directions
• Constant Energy Surfaces
• Density of State Effective Mass

Week 5:

• Bandstructure Measurements​
• Occupation of States​
• Fermi-Dirac Statistics: Three Techniques
• Intrinsic Carrier Concentration
• Band Diagrams

Week 6:

• Doping
• Donors and Acceptors
• Temperature Dependence
• Introduction to Non-Equilibrium
• Steady State, Transient, Equilibrium

Week 7:

• Recombination & Generation
• R-G Formula
• SRH Formula
• Direct and Auger Recombination
• Nature of Interface States

Week 8:

• Intro to Transport - Drift, Mobility, Diffusion, Einstein Relationship
• Drift Current
• Mobility
• Hall Effect
• Semiconductor Equations
• Continuity Equations
• Analytical Solutions
• Numerical Solutions

Week 9:

• Introduction to PN Junctions
• PN Diode I-V Characteristics

Week 10:

• PN Diode AC Response
• PN Diode Large Signal Response
• Schottky Diode

Week 11:

• MOS Electrostatics & MOScap
• Q-V Characteristics
• MOS Capacitor Signal Response
• MOSFET Introduction

Week 12:

• MOSFET Non-Idealities
• Flat Band Voltage
• Modern MOSFET
• Moore's Law Challenges
• Short Channel Effect
• Mobility Enhancement

Week 13:

• Bipolar Junction Transistor - Fundamentals
• Band Diagrams in Equilibrium
• Currents in BJTs
• Ebers Moll Model

Week 14:

• Bipolar Junction Transistor - Design
• Current Gain
• Base Doping Design
• Collector Doping (Kirk Effect, Base Pushout)
• Emitter Doping Design
• Poly-Si Emitter
• Shoe Base Transport
• Bipolar Junction Transistor – High Frequency Response

Week 15

• Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
• Applications, Concept, Innovation, Nobel Prize
• Types of Heterojunctions,: Abrupt, Graded, Double
• Modern Designs