Course10810600161 lectures
Semiconductor Devices to Sensors: Principles, Design, and Application
Prof. Mitradip Bhattacharjee · IISER Bhopal
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
- Introduction to Electronic Devices
- Semiconductor Technology
- Types of Semiconductor, Equilibrium, Steady State
- Particles and Waves in Semiconductor
- Electron-Hole Pair and Concept of Hole
Week 2
- Energy Band Model & Comparison with Bond Model
- Fermi-Dirac Function & Boltzmann Approximation
- Expression of Intrinsic Concentration & Fermi-level
- Bond Model in Extrinsic Semiconductor
- Band Model for Extrinsic Semiconductor
Week 3
- Intrinsic Temperature & Fermi-level in Extrinsic Semiconductor
- Introduction to Carrier Transport in Semiconductor
- Random Motion & Quasi-equilibrium Transport
- Numerical Problem Solving Session 1
- Numerical Problem Solving Session 2
Week 4
- Mobility, Scattering, & Conductivity in Semiconductor
- Excess Carrier Generation
- Quasi Fermi Level
- Average Life-time of Carriers
- Direct and Indirect Generation and Recombination
Week 5
- Expressions for Recombination Processes
- Transport and Continuity Equation
- Electronic Characterization Instruments - Lab Session 1
- Electronic Characterization Instruments - Lab Session 2
- Numerical Problem Solving Session 3
Week 6
- Characterization and Experiment with LDR - Lab Session 3
- Characterization and Experiment with Solar Cell - Lab Session 4
- Approximations in Device Analysis
- PN Junction Device Structure/Fabrication
- Equilibrium Carrier Concentration in PN Junction
Week 7
- Built-in Electric Field & Potential - PN Junction
- Band-diagram in Equilibrium PN Junction
- Band-diagram in Forward Bias PN Junction
- PN Junction- Reverse Bias and Breakdown
- PN Junction - Small Signal Model and Diode Capacitance
Week 8
- Characterization and Experiment with PN Junction - Lab Session 5
- Characterization and Experiment with Temperature Sensor - Lab Session 6
- Characterization and Experiment with LED - Lab Session 7
- Numerical Problem Solving Session 4
- Numerical Problem Solving Session 5
Week 9
- Introduction to BJT and Transistor Action
- BJT Small Signal Analysis, Base width Modulation
- BJT Circuits and Output Characteristics
- BJT Breakdown and Input Characteristics
- Characterization and Experiment with BJT - Lab Session 8
Week 10
- MOS - Accumulation, Depletion, Inversion
- MOS Charge Voltage (QV) Characteristics
- MOS Energy Band & Capacitance-Voltage Characteristics
- Body Effect in MOS Capacitor
- Numerical Problem Solving Session 6
Week 11
- MOSFET Device Structure & Fabrication
- MOSFET Operation and Channel Length Modulation
- MOSFET Device Characteristics & Equations
- Numerical Problem Solving Session 7
- Numerical Problem Solving Session 8
Week 12
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
- Attribution
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