EE 5163 Semiconductor Properties and Devices I

Syllabus: Fall 2002

Class Time & Location:

12:20-1:10 pm, Monday, Wednesday & Friday

MechE Rm 108

Class web page:

http://www.ece.umn.edu/class/ee5163

Instructor:

Richard Kiehl

Office: EE/CSci 6-129

Tel: 625-8073 E-mail: kiehl@ece.umn.edu

Office Hours: Mon 2:00-3:00 pm. Weds. 3:00 am – 4:00 pm

Teaching Assistants:

Helen Wong

Office: EE/CS 6-130

Tel: 625-6325. E-mail: wong@ece.umn.edu

Office Hours: TBA

Mohammad Zahed Kauser

Office: EE/CS 6-176

Tel: 625-0390. E-mail: mzkauser@ece.umn.edu

Office Hours: TBA

Prerequisites:

EE 3161 – Semiconductor Devices

EE 3601 - Transmission Lines

(or instructor's consent)

List of Topics to be Covered:

· Crystal Structure

· Elements of Quantum Mechanics

· Energy Band Theory

· Equilibrium Carrier Distributions

· Generation & Recombination Processes

· Transport

· Advanced Topics

Course Text:

"Advanced Semiconductor Devices," R. F. Pierret, Second Edition, Vol. VI of Modular Series on Solid State Devices (R.F. Pierret and G.W. Neudeck, Eds.), Prentice Hall

Grading:

Assignments and Quizzes 25%

Midterm Examination, Fri Oct 25 35%

Final Examination, Fri Dec 20, 40%

EE 5163 Fall 2002 - Tentative List of Topics

Introduction

Crystal Structure

Semiconductor materials

Unit cell concept

Bravais lattice

Specific semiconductor lattices

Miller indices

Elements of Quantum Mechanics

Illuminating observations

Wave-particle duality

Formalism

Free particles

Scattering and tunneling at barriers

Quantum confinement

Probability current and propagation matrix

Energy Band Theory

Bloch theorem

Kronig-Penney model

Formation of energy bands

Brillouin Zones

Superlattice / Crystal Analogy

Particle motion in bands

Energy-momentum diagrams

Effective masses

Equilbrium Carrier Distributions

Density of states (in k-space and energy)

Modifications for ellipsoidal bands

Probability distribution function (Fermi function)

Spatial energy-band diagrams

Carrier concentration relationships

Charge neutrality and doping

Calculation of Fermi energy and carrier concentrations

Self consistency and electrical screening

Spatial variations: depletion layers

Generation & Recombination Processes

Basic types of processes

Influence of band structure

Rate relationships

Equilbrium case

Non-equilbrium steady state

Processes at surfaces

Specific cases

Transport

Carrier drift in an electric field

Effects of doping and temperature on mobility

Velocity saturation

Intervalley transfer

Ballistic transport and velocity overshoot

Carrier diffusion

Drift-diffusion equations of state

Special cases

Barrier-limited and space-charge limited transport

Additional Topics

Microscopic transport

Induced terminal currents and carrier inertia

Other semiconductors (carbon nanotubes, organic thin films)