2014 - 2015

0512-2507-03
  Introduction to Semiconductor Physics                                                                
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Shay Keren ZurEngineering Studies - Classrooms207Wed1100-1200 Sem  1
 
 
University credit hours:  1.0

Course description
Credit points: 3.5
Pre-requisites: Physics (2), Physics (3) (Concurrent.)
 
Thermal Physics: Thermodynamic states, enumeration of states and the multiplicity function, most probable configuration, Thermal equilibrium, temperature, entropy, laws of Thermodynamics, Boltzmann factor, the equipartition theorem, pressure, Helmholtz free energy, quantum ideal gas, chemical potential, Gibbs factor, identical particles, Fermi-Dirac disribution.
 
 
Introduction to Solid State Physics and Semiconductors (SC): periodic crystal structure, Bravais lattice, cubic crystals, crystallographic directions and planes, FCC, BCC and diamond structures, crystallographic structure characterization, crystals growth, Schrödinger equation, a particle in a box, Bloch theorem and energy bands in solids, metals, insulators and semiconductors, energy band gap, holes and electrons, effective mass, density of states, effective density of states.
 
Charge carriers in semiconductors: Electrons and Holes, charge carriers density, Fermi Energy, Intrinsic and Extrinsic semiconductors, Fermi level as a function of temperature, intrinsic temperature, conduction in semiconductors, mobility, basic electric measurements in a semiconductor, P-N junction at equilibrium.
 

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