Puolijohdefysiikka (E0142), 5 op

Basic information

Prerequisites

E0132 Semiconductor Technology 1

Course contents (core content level)

Electronic structure, Pauli exclusion principle, band structure of conductors, semiconductors and insulators, direct and indirect semiconductor, charge carrier density at thermal equilibrium, Fermi level, Hall effect, electric current in semiconductors, pn junction (contact potential, depletion region, capasitance, charge distribution), diodes, principle and parameters of a bipolar transistor.

Course contents (additional)

Orbitals, Heisenberg uncertainity principle, photoelectric effect, excess of charge carriers, quasi-Fermi level, metal-semiconductor junction.

Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)

Students know a simplified band structure of semiconductor, can explain what is direct and indirect semiconductor, understand the principle of the pn junction and Hall effect, know most common diodes.

Core content level learning outcomes (skills)

Students can calculate charge carrier densities and position of Fermi level in intrinsic and doped semiconductor, can calculate value of Fermi function and contact potential at pn junction.

Recommended reading

Edwards-Shea, L., The Essence of Solid State Electronics

Teaching and learning strategies

Class room teaching: 56 h
Laboratory exercises: 10 h
Project: 15 h
Exam: 3 h
Student individual workload (student workload analysis carried out 5/05): 50 h
Total: 134 h
Follow-up of the student workload analysis performed: -

Teaching methods and student workload

Assessment weighting and grading

Final exam, quizzes during lectures, laboratory work and compulsory homework. Grade is determined by final exam and lecture exams. Homework can raise the grade by one.

Related competences of the degree programme

Semiconductor and Sensor Technology
Theoretical basis and mathematical and science skills