An introduction to semiconductor physics, technology, and industry. Oct 09, 2014 an introduction to semiconductor physics, technology, and industry. However, it was not until the twentieth century that the atomic theory of matter became firmly established as an unassailable, demonstrated fact. Lecture notes compound semiconductor devices electrical. Firstly lets look at what makes something either a conductor or an insulator. This is the 1st lecture of a short summer course on semiconductor device physics taught in july 2015 at cornell university by prof. Ppt semiconductor physics powerpoint presentation free to. Nov 15, 2017 for the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration.
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Physics 468 and flow of charge carriers in the semiconductor devices are within the solid itself, while in the earlier vacuum tubesvalves, the mobile electrons were obtained from a heated cathode and they were made to flow in an evacuated space or vacuum. Physics of semiconductor devices introduction diodes are made from a single pieced of semiconductor material which has a positive p region at one end and a negative n region at the other, and has a resistivity somewhere between that of a conductor and a n insulator. Page 1 introduction a semiconductor is a material that has a resistivity lies between that of a conductor. Lecture 1 introduction to semiconductors and semiconductor. Ravindran, phy02e semiconductor physics, 26 december 2012.
On the basis of electrical conductivity, the materials can be divided into three categories. I wasnt wellversed in semiconductor physics or technology. Ph8252 notes physics for information science notes for regulation 2017 anna university. Thyristors 10kv,300a,30mw thyristor is a four layer three junction pnpn semiconductor switching device. Try one of the apps below to open or edit this item. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Basic semiconductor material science and solidstate physics all terrestrial materials are made up of atoms. Semiconductor and simple circuitsnot to be republished. Fundamentals of semiconductor physics zhejiang university. Introduction to plasma physics this is considered as a complete set of lecture notes for a graduate plasma physics course. Carrier concentration in semiconductors energy bands. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. Brennan the physics of semiconductor devices solymar and walsh electrical properties of materials neudeck and pierret advanced semiconductor fundamentals dimitrijev understanding semiconductor devices mayer and lau electronic materials science. Atom is composed of a nucleus which contains protons and neutrons.
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Alan doolittle lecture 1 introduction to semiconductor devices reading. Devices made from semiconductor materials are the foundation of modern electronics, including ratio, computers. Full text of physics of semiconductor devices see other formats. The lowest possible number of impurities exceeds the intrinsic carrier concentration by a factor 5, so most probably the mix of impurities. Ee lecture notes university of california, berkeley. No external heating or large evacuated space is required by the semiconductor devices. Weve learned about how physical phenomena can represent and communicate information, and will learn about how it can be input, stored, and output, but here we turn to the essential electronic devices that transform it.
Lecture 1 introduction to semiconductors and semiconductor devices a background equalization lecture reading. Kilby for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit. Class 12, physics covers the topic in detail easy to understand page 1 of 1 notesgen is the no. The engineering physics notes pdf book starts with the topics covering ionic bond, covalent bond, metallic bond, basic principles, maxwellboltzman, electron in a periodic potential, fermi level in intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, electricsusceptibility, applications of superconductors, quantumconfinement, etc. Download semiconductor physics lecture notes download free online book chm pdf. This book presents a detailed description of the basic semiconductor physics. It is the tendency of each germanium atom to have 8 electrons in the last orbit. Sing along senior citizens, skin cancer questions and answers, and many other ebooks.
The conductivity of a semiconductor material can be varied under an external electrical field. Alan doolittle atoms to operational amplifiers the goal of this course is to teach the fundamentals of nonlinear circuit elements including diodes, leds. Ppt semiconductor physics powerpoint presentation free. An introduction to semiconductor physics, technology, and. Power semiconductor devices the first scr was developed in late 1957.
Wave mechanics applied to semiconductor heterostructures bastard. If both types of dopants are present, the one present in higher concentration determines the type of the semiconductor. Devises made from semiconductor materials are the foundation of. Alferov and herbert kroemer for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in highspeed and optoelectronics and a semiconductor device engineer, jack s. Sep 18, 2011 physics of semiconductors pn junction diodes and resistors slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. They have conductivities in the range of 10 4 to 10 4sm. Basics of semiconductor devices indian institute of. We shall concentrate largely on elemental semiconducors such as silicon or germanium, and most numerical values used for examples are speci c to silicon.
While its rather easy to understand what a transistor does. Lecture 2 semiconductor physics i february 8, 2001 contents. Introduction in order to understand the physics of semiconductor sc devices, we should first learn how atoms bond together to form the solids. Semiconductor devices make modern information technology possible. A semiconductor material has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as metallic copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Debroglie proposed the concept of matter waves, according to which a material particle of. Many products that you buy can be obtained using instruction manuals.
The reader is assumed to have a basic command of mathematics and some elementary knowledge of solid state physics. Similarly, holes are the majority carriers in a semiconductor doped with acceptors and it is termed p type. I am grateful to prof kroemer for allowing me to include parts. Simple treatment of pn junction, pn and pin structures as photodetectors, lightemitting diodes and lasers excluding optical gain and cavity properties. Power semiconductor devices are broadly categorized into 3 types.
Pdf physics of semiconductor devices, lecture notes. Research on semiconducting materials started in the early nineteenth century. I am grateful to prof kroemer for allowing me to include parts of his notes and homework problems in this book. Charged particle motion, collisions, plasma fluid theory, waves in cold plasmas, wave propagation through inhomogeneous plasmas, magnetohydrodynamic fluids and waves in warm plasmas. Since then, many semiconductors have been investigated. I s ntroduction to 1 emiconductors pearson education. A semiconductor is a material that has a resistivity value in between that of a conductor and an insulator. Jan 17, 2016 this is the 1st lecture of a short summer course on semiconductor device physics taught in july 2015 at cornell university by prof.
Introduction to 1 semiconductors chapter outline 11 the atom 12 materials used in electronic devices current in semiconductors 14 ntype and ptype semiconductors 15 the pn junction chapter objectives describe the structure of an atom discuss insulators, conductors, and semiconductors and how they differ describe how current is produced in a semiconductor. Basic crystal structure of semiconductors electrons and holes in semiconductors intrinsic semiconductors extrinsic semiconductors ndoped and pdoped semiconductors ece 315 spring 2005 farhan rana cornell university. Lecture 2 semiconductor physics i february 6, 2003 contents. Lecture 2 basic semiconductor physics cornell university. Brennan the physics of semiconductor devices solymar and walsh electrical properties of materials.
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