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EE-205 Semiconductor Devices: Instructor Dr. Ahsan Sarwar Rana

This document provides information about a lecture on semiconductor devices. It introduces the instructor, lists required textbooks and reference materials. It outlines the course learning outcomes and their connection to program learning outcomes. The assessment breakdown is given, consisting of assignments, quizzes, exams, and a complex engineering problem. Important instructions are provided regarding plagiarism, assignment deadlines, and classroom decorum. An introduction to semiconductors is given, including their basic composition of elemental, compound, and alloy materials. Applications of semiconductor devices in integrated circuits and examples of silicon and gallium arsenide are outlined. The document discusses purity and how electrical conductivity is affected by dopants and temperature.

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EE-205 Semiconductor Devices: Instructor Dr. Ahsan Sarwar Rana

This document provides information about a lecture on semiconductor devices. It introduces the instructor, lists required textbooks and reference materials. It outlines the course learning outcomes and their connection to program learning outcomes. The assessment breakdown is given, consisting of assignments, quizzes, exams, and a complex engineering problem. Important instructions are provided regarding plagiarism, assignment deadlines, and classroom decorum. An introduction to semiconductors is given, including their basic composition of elemental, compound, and alloy materials. Applications of semiconductor devices in integrated circuits and examples of silicon and gallium arsenide are outlined. The document discusses purity and how electrical conductivity is affected by dopants and temperature.

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Lecture 1

EE-205
Semiconductor Devices

Instructor
Dr. Ahsan Sarwar Rana
Information related to the course (1)
 Textbook and Material

1. Robert F. Pierret, Semiconductor Devices Fundamentals, Addison


Wesley, 1996. ISBN 0201543931 (Required)
2. J. Neamen, Semiconductor Physics and Devices, 3rd Edition.
(Required)
3. Floyd, Electronic Devices: Conventional current version

 Reference Material
1. Jaeger & Blalock, Microelectronic Circuit Design (4th edition),
McGraw Hill, 2010.
2. Kanan Kano, Semiconductor devices

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Information related to the course (2)

CLOs and their corresponding PLOs


Understand major properties of semiconductor materials,
explain energy band diagrams and connections with the
CLO 1 device structures and properties PLO 1 C1

Understand and utilize the basic governing equations to


analyze semiconductor devices; design semiconductor
CLO 2 devices and calculate device characteristics PLO 1 C1

CLO 3 quantitatively evaluate limitations in design of circuits based PLO 2 C2


on specific semiconductor devices;

CLO 4 Understand and outline major steps of semiconductor device PLO 3 C3


fabrication and microelectronic industry trends

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Assessment Breakdown
 Assignments 15%

 Quizzes 10%

 Complex Engineering Problem 5%

 Midterm Exam 25%

 End Semester Exam 45%

 Total 100%

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Important Instructions
 Strict actions against plagiarism.
 A minimum of 2 assignments per credit hour. At least 6 for 3 credit
hour course.
 A minimum of 2 quizzes per credit hour. At least 6 for 3 credit hour
course.
 Maintain class decorum at all cost.
 Assignments should be submitted in time. Marks will be deducted for
late submission. Maximum time frame for late submission will be one
week.

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What is a semiconductor?
 A substance that conducts electricity is called a conductor
 A substance that does not conduct electricity is called an insulator.
 Semiconductors are substances with properties somewhere between
them.
Characterization through resistivity

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Basic composition of semiconductors (1)
 The semiconductor family of materials includes,
1. Elemental semiconductors,
2. Compound semiconductors, and
3. Alloys.

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Basic composition of semiconductors (2)
 Although these many numbers of semiconductors may seem large at
first, but they are not when considering elements in the periodic table.

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Applications of semiconductor devices
 The vast majority of discrete devices and integrated circuits (ICs).
Including the central processing unit (CPU) in microcomputers and the
ignition module in modern automobiles, are made from Silicon.
 GaAs exhibiting superior electron transport properties and special
optical properties, is employed in a significant number of applications
ranging from laser diodes to high-speed ICs.

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Purity
 When an impurity atoms called “dopants” are added in
semiconductors, their electrical conductivity can be increased.
 Usually dopants range from 1 atom per 108 to 103 atoms of
semiconductor material.
 Another way to change the electrical conductivity in semiconductors is
by increasing their temperature.
• Silicon becomes sufficiently conductive at 902 K or 629˚C.

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