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Semiconductor Devices to Sensors: Principles, Design, and Application

Prof. Mitradip Bhattacharjee · IISER Bhopal

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About

This course introduces the fundamental principles of semiconductor device physics and examines how conventional electronic devices can be adapted for sensing applications. Students will explore the operating mechanisms that enable semiconductor devices to function as sensors and gain insight into the design and development of semiconductor-based sensing technologies. The course also emphasizes the strong connection between semiconductor physics and sensor performance, highlighting how material properties, device structures, and physical phenomena influence sensitivity, reliability, and real-world applications.

Intended audience: Undergraduates and Postgraduates of EE, ECE, and PHYS discipline

Prerequisites: Desirable: Basic Electronics

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Introduction to Electronic Devices YouTube
  2. Semiconductor Technology YouTube
  3. Types of Semiconductor, Equilibrium, Steady State YouTube
  4. Particles and Waves in Semiconductor YouTube
  5. Electron-Hole Pair and Concept of Hole YouTube

Week 2

  1. Energy Band Model & Comparison with Bond Model YouTube
  2. Fermi-Dirac Function & Boltzmann Approximation YouTube
  3. Expression of Intrinsic Concentration & Fermi-level YouTube
  4. Bond Model in Extrinsic Semiconductor YouTube
  5. Band Model for Extrinsic Semiconductor YouTube

Week 3

  1. Intrinsic Temperature & Fermi-level in Extrinsic Semiconductor YouTube
  2. Introduction to Carrier Transport in Semiconductor YouTube
  3. Random Motion & Quasi-equilibrium Transport YouTube
  4. Numerical Problem Solving Session 1 YouTube
  5. Numerical Problem Solving Session 2 YouTube

Week 4

  1. Mobility, Scattering, & Conductivity in Semiconductor YouTube
  2. Excess Carrier Generation YouTube
  3. Quasi Fermi Level YouTube
  4. Average Life-time of Carriers YouTube
  5. Direct and Indirect Generation and Recombination YouTube

Week 5

  1. Expressions for Recombination Processes YouTube
  2. Transport and Continuity Equation YouTube
  3. Electronic Characterization Instruments - Lab Session 1 YouTube
  4. Electronic Characterization Instruments - Lab Session 2 YouTube
  5. Numerical Problem Solving Session 3 YouTube

Week 6

  1. Characterization and Experiment with LDR - Lab Session 3 YouTube
  2. Characterization and Experiment with Solar Cell - Lab Session 4 YouTube
  3. Approximations in Device Analysis YouTube
  4. PN Junction Device Structure/Fabrication YouTube
  5. Equilibrium Carrier Concentration in PN Junction YouTube

Week 7

  1. Built-in Electric Field & Potential - PN Junction YouTube
  2. Band-diagram in Equilibrium PN Junction YouTube
  3. Band-diagram in Forward Bias PN Junction YouTube
  4. PN Junction- Reverse Bias and Breakdown YouTube
  5. PN Junction - Small Signal Model and Diode Capacitance YouTube

Week 8

  1. Characterization and Experiment with PN Junction - Lab Session 5 YouTube
  2. Characterization and Experiment with Temperature Sensor - Lab Session 6 YouTube
  3. Characterization and Experiment with LED - Lab Session 7 YouTube
  4. Numerical Problem Solving Session 4 YouTube
  5. Numerical Problem Solving Session 5 YouTube

Week 9

  1. Introduction to BJT and Transistor Action YouTube
  2. BJT Small Signal Analysis, Base width Modulation YouTube
  3. BJT Circuits and Output Characteristics YouTube
  4. BJT Breakdown and Input Characteristics YouTube
  5. Characterization and Experiment with BJT - Lab Session 8 YouTube

Week 10

  1. MOS - Accumulation, Depletion, Inversion YouTube
  2. MOS Charge Voltage (QV) Characteristics YouTube
  3. MOS Energy Band & Capacitance-Voltage Characteristics YouTube
  4. Body Effect in MOS Capacitor YouTube
  5. Numerical Problem Solving Session 6 YouTube

Week 11

  1. MOSFET Device Structure & Fabrication YouTube
  2. MOSFET Operation and Channel Length Modulation YouTube
  3. MOSFET Device Characteristics & Equations YouTube
  4. Numerical Problem Solving Session 7 YouTube
  5. Numerical Problem Solving Session 8 YouTube

Week 12

  1. Characterization and Experiment with MOSFET - Lab Session 9 YouTube
  2. Characterization and Experiment with Gr-FET - Lab Session 10 YouTube
  3. Introduction to Microcontroller Boards YouTube
  4. Numerical Problem Solving Session 9 YouTube
  5. Common Questions YouTube
  6. Summary YouTube

Syllabus and materials

At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.

Credits and licence

Institution
IISER Bhopal
Department
Electrical Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Mitradip Bhattacharjee
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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