ANNOUNCEMENTS

Class Times
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 to 1:50 pm
Phelps 1437

Syllabus - Winter 2011 - ECE 221A


*Shockley-Read-Hall analysis of lifetime
*p-n junction (electrostatics, transport and applications)
*Schottky barrier electrostatics and current transport
*Graded materials, quasi-fields and heterojunctions
*Heterojunction bipolar transistors (DC characteristics)
*Field effect transistors and gradual channel analysis (DC characteristics)
*High aspect ratio design analysis
*MOS capacitor and MOSFETs
*Non-ideal effects
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Grading
50% Homeworks
50% Final Exam
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TA
Seshadri Kolluri
ESB 2312
email: skirank@gmail.com
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Professor Mishra's Office Hours
TIME: By appointment
Please email Professor Mishra's assistant for an appointment

Phone: 805-893-8956
ESB 2215
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Assignments & Course News
Assignments and solutions will be posted on the web (in pdf format) when ready. Late assignments will not be accepted without the TA’s prior consent.

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Description
Band diagrams of p-n junctions and heterojunctions; current flow by drift and diffusion; bipolar transistors; recombination and generation. Schottky barriers; heterostructures.
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Prerequisites
ECE 105 and 162A-B, or consent of instructor. Lecture, 4 hours.
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ECE 221A Lecture Notes & Data Files
You may find the notes below useful during the class. 
Data I
Data II
Space-Charge Limited Transport

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If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat reader you may download it for free at Adobe® Acrobat®Reader®.

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Texts
The course textbook is Semiconductor Device Physics and Design (Mishra and Singh).

Recommended Texts:

Physics of Semiconductor Devices (Simon Sze)

Physics of Semiconductor Devices (Michael Shur)

Physical Properties of Semiconductors (Wolfe, Holonyak, and Stillman)

Compound Semiconductor Device Physics (Sandip Tiwari)
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Useful Links
Applets for Devices
1D Poisson Solver (Self consistent Poisson - SchrÖdinger solver)

Bandeng (Another self-consistent Poisson – Schrodinger solver)
Semiconductor Devices Course, U Colorado
Semiconductor Devices Course, Caltech
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