EE-656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors
Fall Semesters, Alternate Years
Fall 2007
Course Descripton
This is a course about how charge flows in semiconductors with an emphasis on transport at the nanoscale. After a brief review basic concepts, the course consists of four parts. Part 1 focuses on ballistic (and quasi-ballistic) transport both semiclassical and quantum. Part 2 treats collision-dominated transport in bulk semiconductors. The drift-diffusion equation is derived, thermoelectric and galvanomagnetic effects are discussed, and the balance equation approach is introduced. The emphasis in Part 3 is on the physics of carrier scattering, which controls high-field transport in bulk semiconductors and so-called off-equilibrium transport in sub-micron devices. Finally, Part 4 introduces percolation theory and percolative transport in nanostructures. The objective of the course is to develop a sound understanding of the basic concepts needed to understand modern electronic devices. The course is intended to be accessible to students with a general, introductory background in semiconductors, such as that obtained by taking EE-606 at Purdue University.
This course is part of a the
"Electronics from the Bottom UP"
educational initiative being spearheaded by the Network for
Computational Nanotechnology with support from Intel Corp.
Course Announcements
- The solutions to HW5 have been posted.
- The Final Exam is on Friday, December 14 (8:00am-10:00am) in ME 156.
- Exam 2 will take place in class on Tuesday, Nov. 6. There will be three questions:
- A question very similar to one of the first three questions on exam 1
- Two questions about the BTE in the Relaxation Time Approximation
No questions about the Quantum Hall Effect.
The same rules apply as for the first exam - closed book and notes and no calculators.
- Solutions to HW1 have been e-mailed to the class. If you did not receive the solutions, please send e-mail to lundstro@purdue.edu
- Exam 1 is postponed to Thursday, Oct. 4
- A revised Lecture 8 with corrections has been posted.
- In HW assignment 1, problem 1, please assume 2D carriers in the x-y plane, and compute the positive x-directed current.
- Homework Assignment 1 has been posted. It is due on Tuesday, Sept. 11.
- The course text should be available in University Bookstore Tuesday (8/28) or Wednesday (8/29).
- Beginning Thursday, August 23, EE 656 will meet in Mechanical Engineering (ME), Room 156.
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