ECTS - Physics of Semiconductor Devices
Physics of Semiconductor Devices (PHYS516) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Physics of Semiconductor Devices | PHYS516 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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N/A |
Course Language | English |
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Course Type | Elective Courses |
Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Team/Group. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | The main objective of this course is to provide students understanding of the physical principles of basic semiconductor devices. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | Energy bands and carrier concentration in thermal equailibrium, carrier transport phenomena, p-n junction, bipolar transistors and related devices, MOS capacitor and MOSFET; MESFET and related devices, light emitting diodes and lasers, photodetectors and solar cells |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | Semiconductor Materials Basic Crystal Structures Valence Bonds Energy Bands Intrinsic Carrier Concentration Donors and Acceptors | Chapter 1 |
2 | Carrier Drift Carrier Diffusion Generation and Recombination Processes Continuity Equation | Chapter 2 |
3 | Thermionic Emission Process Tunneling Process Space Charge Effect High-Field Effects | Chapter 2 |
4 | Thermal Equilibrium Condition Depletion Region Depletion Capacitance | Chapter3 |
5 | Current-Voltage Characteristics Charge Storage and Transient Behavior Junction Breakdown Heterojunction | Chapter 3 |
6 | Transistor Action Static Characteristics of Bipolar Transistor Frequency Response and Switching of Bipolar Transistor | Chapter 4 |
7 | Nonideal Effects Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors | Chapter 4 |
8 | Midterm | |
9 | Ideal MOS Capacitor SiO2-Si MOS Capacitor | Chapter 5 |
10 | Carrier Transport in MOS Capacitors Charge-Coupled Devices MOSFET Fundamentals | Chapter 5 |
11 | Metal-Semiconductor Contacts MESFET MODFET | Chapter 7 |
12 | Radiative Transitions and Optical Absorption Light-Emitting Diodes | Chapter 9 |
13 | Various Light Emitting Diodes Semiconductor Lasers | Chapter 9 |
14 | Photodetectors Solar Cells Silicon and Compound Semiconductor Solar Cells | Chapter 10 |
15 | Third Generation Solar Cells Optical Concentration | Chapter 10 |
16 | Projects |
Sources
Course Book | 1. Semiconductor Devices – Physics and Technology, 3rd edition, S.M.Sze and M.K. Lee (John Wiley & Sons, 2012) |
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Other Sources | 2. "Physics of Semiconductor Devices” S.M. Sze and Kwok K. Ng, 3rd edition, (John Wiley & Sons, 2002) |
3. “Semiconductor Physics and Devices” Donald A. Neamen, 3rd edition, McGrawHill, 2003 |
Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | - | - |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | 6 | 35 |
Presentation | - | - |
Project | 1 | 35 |
Report | - | - |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | - | - |
Toplam | 8 | 100 |
Percentage of Semester Work | 100 |
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Percentage of Final Work | 0 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | X |
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Major Area Courses | |
Supportive Courses | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
# | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Ability to apply knowledge on Mathematics, Science and Engineering to advanced systems. | |||||
2 | Implementing long-term research and development studies in major areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | |||||
3 | Ability to use modern engineering tools, techniques and facilities in design and other engineering applications. | |||||
4 | Graduating researchers active on innovation and entrepreneurship. | |||||
5 | Ability to report and present research results effectively. | |||||
6 | Increasing the performance on accessing information resources and on following recent developments in science and technology. | |||||
7 | An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. | |||||
8 | Increasing the performance on effective communications in both Turkish and English. | |||||
9 | Increasing the performance on project management. | |||||
10 | Ability to work successfully at project teams in interdisciplinary fields. |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory | |||
Application | |||
Special Course Internship | |||
Field Work | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Report | |||
Homework Assignments | 6 | 3 | 18 |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | |||
Total Workload | 126 |