Semiconductor Physics and Devices
Covers physics and properties of semiconductors, p-n junctions, transistors, memory devices, and quantum devices.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.62 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Describe basic semiconductor materials and physics, including band structure, charge carriers and transport, phonon, optical and thermal properties, and heterojunctions
Describe semiconductor building blocks and devices, including PN junction, metal-semiconductor contact, metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor, bipolar junction transistor, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, memory devices
Analyze and design homojunction semiconductor devices
Describe basic semiconductor device operation principles, including heterojunction bipolar transistor, meta-semiconductor field-effect transistor, modulation-doped field-effect transistor, high-electron-mobility transistor, and thin-film transistor
Critique a paper in the current literature in the field of semiconductor physics
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapE C E 335, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
- ECE 335
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
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- ECE 335
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.62 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
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Topics
- Semiconductor physics and properties
- P-n junctions and metal-semiconductor contacts
- Bipolar and field-effect transistors
- Memory devices and quantum devices
Skills
- Analyzing and designing homojunction semiconductor devices
- Describing semiconductor materials and physics including band structure and charge transport
- Describing semiconductor building blocks and devices such as transistors and memory
- Describing operation principles for advanced transistors like HEMTs
- Critiquing papers in current semiconductor physics literature
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