EE 33900 Semiconductor Materials and Devices

The crystal structure of solids. Introduction to quantum mechanics and quantum theory of solids. Charge carriers in semiconductors. Carrier transport phenomena. Carrier generation and recombination. Mathematical analysis of diffusion phenomena. Ambipolar transport. Surface effects. Basic structure of the pn junction.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

EE 33000, PHYS 32300.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.