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PHYS9310
Physics of Solid State Devices

A/Prof Alex Hamilton

Schoolof Physics &

Centre for Quantum Computer Technology

Lectures:   Wednesday    16:00 - 18:00

 Office Hour:   Tuesday     10:00- 11:00

Office: CQCT, 2^nd floor, Newton Building

Lab:     National Magnet Lab, WG6
            (Ground floor,Newton Building).

Email: 

1. Revision

ReciprocalLattice and k-space. Brillouin zone. Allowed k-states. Metals, insulators andsemiconductors.

2. Fundamental Concepts

Somereal bandstructures. Ways of measuring the band gap. Effective Mass. Electronsand holes. Donors and Acceptors - the hydrogenic model. Density of Statesformula. Formulae for carrier concentrations in intrinsic and extrinsicmaterials. Temperature dependence of Fermi energy.

3. Transport Properties

Resistivity.Hall Effect. Diffusion coefficient. Majority and minority carriers. Carriermobility and ways to measure it.

4. The P-N Junction diode

Diodestructure. Depletion layer. Schockley equation (I-V characteristics). Junctioncapacitance. Avalanche breakdown.

5. Bipolar Transistors

Formation.Bandstructure. Theory of operation.

6. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts

IdealSchottky and ohmic contacts. Depletion layer. Capacitance. Current transportprocesses. Schottky barrier: thermionic and diffusive regimes. Surface states.Barrier heights and their measurements.

7. Field Effect Transistors

JunctionFET (JFET). Metal Semiconductor FET (MESFET). Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET (MOSFET).Inversion and accumulation layers. High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT).Charge coupled devices.

8. Optoelectronics

LightEmitting Diodes (LEDs). Solid state lasers. Double heterostructure and quantumwell lasers. Optical Fibres. Photodetectors. Solar Cells.

9. Integrated Circuits & Fabrication

10.               The Quantum Future

"Semiconductor Devices: Physics andTechnology", S.M. Sze, Wiley.

"The Physics of Semiconductor Devices",D.A. Fraser, Oxford University Press (out of print).

Assignment 1 (past).
Assignment 2 new for 2003! -

�      BritneySpears Guide to Semiconductor Physics. It is a little known fact that Ms.Spears is an expert in semiconductor physics ...

�      Transistorized!PBS Story & videoclips about the invention of the transistor. Excellent site.

�      Triumphof the Nerds.PBS Story about silicon valley, the invention of the computer, and theaccidental creation of empires.

�      SemiconductorJava Applets Arange of java applets that can be used in any web browser to visualise crystalstructures, band gaps, PN junctions etc.Good fun.
 

�      Scot�s guide toelectronic components (simple)

�      DiminishingDimensions. ScientificAmerican article on low dimensional electronic devices.