ELEC 462: Semiconductor Devices

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01:00 PM – 02:20 PM, Tuesdays & Thursdays, Fall 2007, Abercrombie Lab Room A121

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

INSTRUCTOR: Junichiro Kono, Office: Abercrombie A102, Phone: 2209, E-mail: kono@rice.edu, Office Hours: by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Introduction to the fundamental principles of semiconductor devices. After reviewing the basic elements of solid state theory and semiconductor physics, we will study the following device structures in detail: PN junctions, metal-semiconductor junctions, MOS capacitors, and MOS transistors.

REQUIRED TEXT:

Semiconductor Physics and Devices: Basic Principles, 3^rd Edition by Donald A. Neamen (McGraw Hill, 2003)

OTHER USEFUL TEXTS:

Solid State Electronic Devices, 6^th Edition, by B. G. Streetman and S. K. Banerjee (Prentice Hall, 2006)

Solid State Physics by N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin (Harcourt, 1976)

Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th Edition by C. Kittel (John Wiley & Sons, 1996).

Condensed Matter Physics by M. P. Marder (Wiley, 2000).

Principles of Condensed Matter Physics by P. M. Chaikin and T. C. Lubensky (Cambridge University Press, 1995).

Solid State Science edited by D. L. Weaire and C. G. Windsor (Adam Hilger, 1987).

Electrons and Phonons by J. M. Ziman (Oxford University Press, 1960).

Principles of the Theory of Solids, Second Edition by J. M. Ziman (Cambridge University Press, 1972).

Introduction to Solid-State Theory by O. Madelung (Springer, 1978).

Solid-State Physics: An Introduction to Principles of Materials Science, Second Edition by H. Ibach and H. Lüth (Springer, 1996).

Simulations for Solid State Physics by R. H. Silsbee and J. Dräger (Cambridge University Press, 1997).

Solid State Theory by W. A. Harrison (Dover, 1979).

Quantum Theory of Solids, Second Revised Printing by C. Kittel and C. Y. Fong (John Wiley & Sons, 1987).

Great Solid State Physicists of the 20th Century edited by J. A. Gonzalo and C. A. Lopez (World Scientific, 2003)

Quantum Field Theory of Solids by H. Haken (North Holland, 1976).

Quantum Mechanics: For Engineering, Materials Science and Applied Physics by H. Kroemer (Prentice Hall, 1994).

Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J. Sakurai (Addison-Wesley, 1994).

The Meaning of Quantum Theory by J. Baggott (Oxford University Press, 1992).

Physics of Semiconductors and Their Heterostructures by J. Singh (McGraw-Hill, 1993).

HOMEWORK:

A problem set will be assigned every other week.

USEFUL LINKS:

GREAT PHYSICISTS of the 19^th & 20^th Centuries (related to solid state physics):

Auguste Bravais (1811-1863), Hendrik A. Lorentz (1853-1928), Sir William Henry Bragg (1862-1942), Paul Drude (1863-1906), Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951), Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Max von Laue (1879-1960), Peter J. W. Debye (1884-1966), William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971), Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Paul A. M. Dirac (1902-1984), Felix Bloch (1905-1983), Lev D. Landau (1908-1968)

GRADING:

Grading will be based on homework (50%), midterm exam (25%) and final exam (25%). Both midterm (due on October 19) and final (due on December 15) will be take-home exams. Late homework will not be tolerated.

DISABILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATIONS:

Any student with a documented disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations is requested to speak with me during the first two weeks of class. All discussions will remain confidential. Students with disabilities should also contact Disability Support Services in the Ley Student Center.

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