Information Package / Course Catalogue
Semiconductor Devices
Course Code: EE204
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To give fundamental information on electronic characteristics of semiconductor devices, to introduce PN-junction

Course Content

Crystal lattice structures and the miller indices, Draft currents and mobility in semiconductors, İmpurities and Doping in semiconductors, Thermal equilibrium , Electronic properties of semiconductor in thermal equilibrium, PJ junction, PN junction diodes, Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT), Metal-oxide Semi-conductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET)

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Olcay ÜZENGİ AKTÜRK
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding the physical properties of the semiconductor materials.
2.To gain a knowledge on semiconductor devices and their working principles.
3.To learn diodes and application circuits with diodes.
4.To learn the operation principles of BJT's and to analyse the BJT circuits.
5.To learn the operation principles of MOSFET's and to analyse the MOSFET circuits.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Microelectronic Circuits, A.S. Sedra and K. C. Smith, 6th, 5th or 4th Edition, Oxford University Press
2.Donald A. Neaman, Semiconductor Physics and Devices: Basic Principles, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
3.Robert F. Pierret: Semiconductor Device Fundamentals. Addison-Wesley, 1996.
4.Ben G. Streetman and Sanjay K. Banerjee, Solid State Electronic Devices, 6th ed., Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 1 The Crystal Structure of Solid Charles Kıttel , Introduction to Solid State Physics , Chapter 2. Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wave Diffraction and Reciprocal lattice
Week 2 - Theoretical
Charles Kıttel , Introduction to Solid State Physics , Chapter 3. Crystal Binding and Elastic Constants
Week 3 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 2 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Applications of Schrodinger’s Wave Equation
Week 4 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 3 Introduction to the Quantum Theory of Solids
Week 5 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 3 Introduction to the Quantum Theory of Solids , Extension to Three Dimensions
Week 6 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 4 The Semiconductor in Equilibrium
Week 7 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 4 The Semiconductor in Equilibrium , Compensated Semiconductors
Week 8 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 5 Carrier Transport Phenomena
Week 9 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 6 Nonequilibrium Excess Carriers in Semiconductors
Week 10 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 7 Fundamental SemiconductorDevices, Junction Breakdown
Week 11 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 8 The pn Junctions
Week 12 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 9 Metal–Semiconductor and Semiconductor Heterojunctions
Week 13 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 9 Metal–Semiconductor and Semiconductor Heterojunctions
Week 14 - Theoretical
Donald A.Neamen Chapter 10 Fundamentals of the Metal–Oxide– Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Individual Work140114
Midterm Examination112214
Final Examination114216
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
3
3
4
2
2
3
OÇ-2
4
3
3
1
3
OÇ-3
4
3
2
3
1
4
OÇ-4
3
3
4
3
2
4
OÇ-5
4
3
3
3
1
4
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