Introduction to Semiconductor Devices

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: (EECS 215 or EECS 210) and (PHYSICS 240 or PHYSICS 260); No OP/F. Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) Introduction to semiconductors in terms of atomic bonding and electron energy bands. Equilibrium statistics of electrons and holes. Carrier dynamics; continuity, drift and diffusion currents; generation and recombination processes, including important optical processes. Introduction to: PN junctions, metal-semiconductor junctions, light detectors and emitters; bipolar junction transistors, junction and MOSFETs.