Physics 475: Physics of Semiconductors

Class: Tuesday and Thursday, 4 - 5:15 pm, Darwin 29

Instructor: Hongtao Shi

Phone: 664-2013

Email: hongtao.shi@sonoma.edu

Office: Darwin 300J

Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 11 - 11:50 am, or by appointment

Text: Michael Shur, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Prentice Hall, 1990

Learning Objectives

Prerequisite: Physics 314, Introduction to Physics III

Course Description: The physical properties of semiconductor materials and operating principles of modern semiconductor device structures are broadly covered in this course. Key material topics include semiconductor materials, crystal structure and growth, energy band model of semiconductors, recombination of charge carriers, conductivity and mobility, metal-semiconductor and p-n junctions, p-n diodes, bipolar junction transistors, and field-effect transistors.

Course Schedule

References:

• Introduction to Solid State Physics by Charles Kittel, John Wiley and Sons, 8th Edition, 2004, ISBN 978-0471415268
• An Introduction to Semiconductor Devices by Donald A. Neamen, McGraw-Hill, 2005, ISBN 0-07-298756
• Semiconductor Device Fundamentals by Robert F. Pieerret, Prentice Hall, 1996, ISBN 0-201-54393-1

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Last updated: 01/20/07