Muhammad A. Alam

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Online Presentations (1-25 of 156)

  1. ECE 606 Lecture 1: Introduction

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    28 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Course information
    • Current flow in semiconductors
    • Types of material systems
    • Classification of crystals

  2. ECE 606 Lecture 8: Density of States

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    04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Calculation of density of states
    • Density of states for specific materials
    • Characterization of Effective Mass
    • Conclusions
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 3 (pages 88-96)

  3. ECE 606 Lecture 2: Geometry of Periodic Crystals

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    28 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Volume & surface issues for BCC, FCC, Cubic lattices
    • Important material systems
    • Miller indices
    • Conclusions

    Helpful software tool: Crystal Viewer in the ABACUS tool suite.

    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 1 (pages 10-17)

  4. ECE 606 Lecture 27: Introduction to Bipolar Transistors

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    29 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  5. ECE 606 Lecture 5: Energy Bands

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    04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Schrodinger equation in periodic U(x)
    • Bloch theorem
    • Band structure
    • Properties of electronic bands
    • Conclusions
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 3 (pages 51-62)

  6. ECE 606 Lecture 7: Energy Bands in Real Crystals

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    04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • E-k diagram/constant energy surfaces in 3D solids
    • Characterization of E-k diagram: Bandgap
    • Characterization of E-k diagram: Effective Mass
    • Conclusions
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 3 (pages 71-77)

  7. ECE 606 Lecture 10: Additional Information

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    16 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Potential, field, and charge
    • E-k diagram vs. band-diagram
    • Basic concepts of donors and acceptors
    • Conclusion
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 4 (pages 101-111)

  8. ECE 606 Lecture 9: Fermi-Dirac Statistics

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    04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Rules of filling electronic states
    • Derivation of Fermi-Dirac Statistics: three techniques
    • Intrinsic carrier concentration
    • Conclusion
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 4 (pages 96-105)

  9. ECE 606 Lecture 4: Solution of Schrodinger Equation

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    04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Time-independent Schrodinger Equation
    • Analytical solution of toy problems
    • Bound vs. tunneling states
    • Conclusions
    • Additional Notes: Numerical solution of Schrodinger Equation
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 2 (pages 29-45)

  10. ECE 606 Lecture 3: Elements of Quantum Mechanics

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    28 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Why do we need quantum physics
    • Quantum concepts
    • Formulation of quantum mechanics
    • Conclusions
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 1 (pages 23-32)

  11. ECE 606 Lecture 6: Energy Bands (continued)

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    04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Properties of electronic bands
    • E-k diagram and constant energy surfaces
    • Conclusions
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 3 (pages 63-70)

  12. ECE 606 Lecture 21: P-N Diode I-V Characteristics

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    11 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  13. ECE 606 Lecture 20: Electrostatics of P-N Junction Diodes

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    11 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  14. ECE 606 Lecture 11: Equilibrium Statistics

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    16 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Law of mass-action & intrinsic concentration
    • Statistics of donors and acceptor levels
    • Conclusion
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 4 (pages 110-120

  15. ECE 606 Lecture 26: Schottky Diode II

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    19 Nov 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  16. ECE 606 Lecture 13: Recombination-Generation

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    16 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Non-equilibrium systems
    • Recombination generation events
    • Steady-state and transient response
    • Derivation of R-G formula
    • Conclusion
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 5, (pages 134-146)

  17. ECE 606 Lecture 17: Hall Effect, Diffusion

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    24 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Measurement of mobility
    • Hall Effect for determining carrier concentration
    • Physics of diffusion
    • Conclusions
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 5 (Pages 190-202)

  18. ECE 606 Lecture 16: Carrier Transport

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    23 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  19. ECE 606 Lecture 37a: Nonideal Effects in MOSFET I

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    28 Apr 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  20. ECE 606 Lecture 32: MOS Electrostatics I

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    19 Nov 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  21. ECE 606 Lecture 38: Modern MOSFET

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    07 May 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  22. ECE 606 Lecture 25: Schottky Diode I

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    24 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  23. ECE 606 Lecture 14: Bulk Recombination

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    29 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Derivation of SRH formula
    • Application of SRH formula for special cases
    • Direct and Auger recombination
    • Conclusion
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 5 (Pages 154-167)

  24. ECE 606 Lecture 28: BJT Design I

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    29 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

  25. ECE 606 Lecture 12: Equilibrium Concentrations

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    16 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline:
    • Carrier concentration
    • Temperature dependence of carrier concentration
    • Multiple doping, co-doping, and heavy-doping
    • Conclusion
    R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 4, (pages 118-128)