PH60105: Semiconductor Physics
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| Course name | Semiconductor Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Spring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Electron and hole statistics in semiconductors, semiconductor band structure, doping in semiconductors, transport properties, semiconductor heterostructures, charge carrier recombination, diffusion of electron and holes, equation of continuity, carrier injection, p-n junction : current- voltage characteristics, physical model of p-n junction, junction capacitance and width, breakdown phenomena, metal-semiconductor junction, rectification at metal-semiconductor junction, Schottky-diffusion theory, photoconductivity, bipolar transistors (principle and characteristics), principle of operation of FET, photovoltaic effect.