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EECE.4230 Semiconductor Physics for Solid-State Electronics (Formerly 16.423)

Id: 003211 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3

Description

The course covers fundamental solid-state and semiconductor physics relevant for understanding electronic devices. Topics include quantum mechanics of electrons in solids, crystalline structures, ban theory of semiconductors, electron statistics and dynamics in energy bands, lattice dynamics and phonons, carrier transport, and optical processes in semiconductors.

Prerequisites

EECE.3650 Electronics I, and EECE.3640 Engineering Mathematics, and EECE.3600 Engineering Electromagnetics I, or permission of instructor.

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