Syllabus academic year 2009/2010
(Created 2009-08-11.)
SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICSFFF021

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: A (Second level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand. Compulsory for: MNAV1. Optional for: E4, E4dps, E4rn, F4, F4nfe, MFOT2, MSOC2, N4, N4nel, N4nf. Course coordinator: Universitetslektor Günter Grossmann, gunter.grossmann@ftf.lth.se, Fysik, kurslaboratoriet. Recommended prerequisits: Thermodynamics and Electronic Materials (FFF100) or Physics of Devices (ESS030). Assessment: Home assignments, laboratory exercises and oral examination. Home page: http://www-gu.ftf.lth.se.

Aim
The course extends the material covered in the course Thermodynamics and Electronic Materials - or Device Physics - to provide a broader and deeper understanding of solid state physics which is essential for applications. It also develops the basic physical principles that are needed to understand semiconductor devices and their operation, including their role in simple electronic applications.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Contents
Crystal structure and structure determination. Binding and lattice vibrations. Electronic structure.
Physics of semiconductors: intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, charge carrier concentrations and transport phenomena.
Generation, recombination, injection and transport of non-equilibrium carriers.
Surface states, contacts and photoconductivity.
Electrical and optical properties of the pn junction and the bipolar transistor.
Unipolar devices: metal-semiconductor junction and contacts, MESFET and MOSFET. Intergrated circuits.

Literature
Sze, S.M: Semiconductor Devices, Physics and Technology, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2002. Hand-out material and laboratory instructions.