PHY 437: Semiconductor Device Physics (3)
Pre-requisites:
Condensed matter Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Statistical mechanics, Fundamentals of semiconductor physics
Learning Objectives:
Students will learn about the following specific topics:Course Contents:
Introduction to carrier action-drift, diffusion, Recombination-Generation and Equations of state, PN Junction diodes, PN diode I-V characteristics, PN diode Admittance and transient response, Schottky diode,Compound semiconductors and heterojunctions, Band gap tuning, Optical properties of materials, Optoelectronic diode devices: Photodiode, Solar cell and LED Metal semiconductor and Metal oxide Semiconductor junctions Modern Semiconductors- Perovskite Optoelectronics and Molecular semiconductor optoelectronics, 2D semiconductors
Suggested Books:
- Semiconductor device fundamentals by Robert F Pierret
- Physics of semiconductor devices by Simon M Sze and Kwok k Ng
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