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Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices

By Eric Pop

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The goals of this course are to give the student an understanding of the elements of semiconductor physics and principles of semiconductor devices that (a) constitute the foundation required for an electrical engineering major to …

Abstract Course AdThe goals of this course are to give the student an understanding of the elements of semiconductor physics and principles of semiconductor devices that (a) constitute the foundation required for an electrical engineering major to take follow-on courses, and (b) represent the essential basic knowledge of the operation and limitations of the three primary electronic devices, 1) p-n junctions, 2) bipolar transistors, and 3) field effect transistors, that either an electrical engineer or a computer engineer will find useful in maintaining currency with new developments in semiconductor devices and integrated circuits in an extended career in either field.

Homework Assignments for the Fall 2009 teaching.
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Note: these notes have been posted for early accessibility and will be updated during the Fall Semester of 2008 to include breezed presentations, relevant tools, relevant literature, and homework assignments.
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  1. device physics
  2. device simulations
  3. devices
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  5. nanoelectornics
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Supporting Documents

Lecture Number/Topic Breeze Video Lecture Notes (PDF) Supplemental Material Suggested Exercises
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 1 Introduction View l1_intromotiv.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 2: Crystal Lattices View l2_crystallattices-1.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 3: Energy Bands, Carrier Statistics, Drift View l3_bondingebands.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 4: Energy Bands, Carrier Statistics, Drift View l4_ebandscarriers.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 5: Doping Semiconductors View l5_doping.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 5: Intrinsic Material, Doping, Carrier Concentrations View L5_Doping.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 5, Part 2 : Doping, Carrier Concentrations View L5_Doping.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 6: Doping, Fermi Level, Density of States View l6_fermidos.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 7: Temperature Dependence of Carrier Concentrations View l7_carrierconctdep.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lectures 8 and 9: Drift Mobility View L8L9_DriftMobility.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 10-11: Optical Absorption and Direct Recombination View L1011_AbsorptionGR.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 12: Quasi-Fermi Levels; Photoconductivity View L12_GRphotocond.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 13: Diffusion View L13_Diffusion.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 14-15: Diffusion with Recombination View L14L15_DiffLength.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 16-17: Diffusion View L16L17_PNequilib.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 18: P-N Diode Electrostatics View L18_PNdepletion.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 19: Current Flow in P-N Diode View L19_PNcurrent.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 20: P-N Diode in Reverse Bias View Lecture Notes
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 21: P-N Diode Breakdown View L21_PNbreakdown.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 22&23: P-N Junction Capacitance; Contacts View L22L23_PNcapMSjunc.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 24: Narrow-base P-N Diode View L24_PNnarrowbase.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 25: Intro to BJT View L25_BJTintro.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 26: Narrow-base BJT View L26_BJTnarrowbase.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 27: BJT Gain View L27_BJTgain.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 28&29: All Modes of BJT Operation
View L28L29_EbersMoll.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 30: Intro MOS Transistor
View L30_MOSintro.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 31: MOS Capacitor
View L31_MOScap.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 32: MOS Threshold Voltage
View L32_MOSVt.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 33: MOS Capacitance
View L33_MOS_CV.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 34: MOS Field Effect Transistor (FET)
View L34_MOSFET.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 35: Short Channel MOSFET and Non-Ideal Behavior
View L35_ShortChannel.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 36: MOSFET Scaling Limits
View L36_FETlimits.doc
Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 37: MOSFET Analog Amplifier and Digital Inverter
View L37_MOSanalogDigital.doc

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