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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices

Prof. Digbijoy N. Nath · IISc Bangalore

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Lectures

Week 1 Basics of semiconductor physics

  1. Introduction to semiconductors Video
  2. Introduction to energy bands Video
  3. Fundamentals of band structure Video
  4. Band structure (contd.) and Fermi-Dirac distribution Video
  5. Density of states Video

Week 2 Equilibrium carrier concentration

  1. Doping and intrinsic carrier concentration Video
  2. Equilibrium carrier concentration Video
  3. Temperature-dependence of carrier concentration Video
  4. High doping effects and incomplete ionization Video

Week 3 Carrier transport

  1. Carrier scattering and mobility Video
  2. Low-field and high-field transport, introduction to diffusion Video
  3. Drift-diffusion and trap statistics Video
  4. Current continuity equation Video
  5. Continuity equation (contd.) and introduction to p-n junction Video

Week 4 p-n junction

  1. p-n junction under equilibrium Video
  2. p-n junction under equilibrium (contd.) Video
  3. p-n junction under bias Video
  4. p-n junction under bias (contd.) Video
  5. p-n junction: generation-recombination currents Video

Week 5 Applications of p-n junctions and details of metal-semiconductor junction

  1. Application of p-n junctions Video
  2. Breakdown of junction and C-V profiling Video
  3. Introduction to Schottky junction Video
  4. Schottky junction under equilibrium Video
  5. Schottky junction under bias Video

Week 6 Bipolar Junction Transistor

  1. Introduction to transistors: BJT Video
  2. Basics of BJT Video
  3. Working of BJT Video
  4. Working of BJT (contd) Video
  5. Delays in BJT Video

Week 7 Metal Oxide Semiconductor Capacitor

  1. MOS: Introduction Video
  2. MOS: Capacitance-voltage Video
  3. Ideal MOS system: derivation of threshold voltage Video
  4. MOS C-V in more details Video

Week 8 MOSFET

  1. MOSFET - An introduction Video
  2. Gradual Channel Approximation: Derivation of I-V characteristics Video
  3. Substrate bias effect and subthreshold conduction in MOSFET Video
  4. Short Channel Effects in MOSFET Video

Week 9 Compound Semiconductors

  1. Introduction to compound semiconductors Video
  2. Basics of heterojunctions Video
  3. Band diagram of heterojunctions Video
  4. Heterojunctions (contd). Video
  5. Heterojunction transistors Video
  6. III-nitrides Video

Week 10 Opto-electronic devices: Solar cells and photodetectors

  1. Solar cell basics Video
  2. Solar cell (contd.) Video
  3. Solar cell: Shockley Quiesser Limit Video
  4. Basics of photodetectors Video
  5. Photodetectors: figures of merit and types of devices Video
  6. Junction photodetectors Video

Week 11 Opto-electronic devices: Light Emitting Diodes (LED)

  1. Basics of recombination Video
  2. Basics of LED Video
  3. LED: light extraction and design issues Video
  4. Visible LED: photometry and colorimetry Video

Week 12 Applications of transistors and basics of microelectronic fabrication

  1. Transistors for power electronics Video
  2. Transistors for power electronics (contd.) & for RF electronics Video
  3. Transistors for RF (contd.) and transistors for Memory Video
  4. Basics of microelectronic fabrication Video
  5. Microelectronic fabrication (contd.) Video
  6. Summary Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 03-08-2022 Video
  2. Live Session 11-03-2024 Video
  3. Live Session 01-04-2025 Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IISc Bangalore
Department
Electrical Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Digbijoy N. Nath
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
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