A Primer on Semiconductor Fundamentals
Teaching Materials | 10 Jan 2016 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom
This primer quickly summarize some important semiconductor fundamentals. For those acquainted with semiconductors, this may be useful as a brief refresher. For those just getting started with semiconductors, my hope is that this primer provides just enough understanding to allow you to begin...
ECE 656 Exam 2 (Fall 2009)
Teaching Materials | 07 Dec 2009 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom
ECE 656 Exam 1 (Fall 2009)
Teaching Materials | 08 Oct 2009 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom
Notes on the Solution of the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation for MOS Capacitors and MOSFETs, 2nd Edition
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Teaching Materials | 24 Oct 2012 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, Xingshu Sun
These notes are intended to complement the discussion on pp. 63 – 68 in Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Devices by Yuan Taur and Tak H. Ning [1]. (Another good reference is Semiconductor Device Fundamentals by R.F. Pierret [2].) The objective is to understand how to treat MOS electrostatics without...
Semiconductor Device Theory Exercises
Teaching Materials | 30 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck, Mark Lundstrom
This collection of problems should help the students to better understand Semiconductor Device Physics on a fundamental and more complex level. Crystal lattices and Miller indiciesFrom 1 well to 2 wells to 5 wells to periodic potentialsPeriodic potentials and bandstructureBandstructure...
Homework Exercise on Drift & Diffusion in Bulk Semiconductors - considerations of lifetime
Teaching Materials | 30 Mar 2008 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, Saumitra Raj Mehrotra
The tutorial questions based on Drift Diffusion Lab v1.0 available online at Drift Diffusion Lab. Students are asked to explore the concepts of Drift, Diffusion, Quasi Fermi Levels, and response to light. Analytical derivations are requested and considerations of lifetime are considered.NCN@Purdue
Homework for PN Junctions: Depletion Approximation (ECE 305)
Teaching Materials | 06 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, David Janes
This homework assignment is part of ECE 305 "Semiconductor Device Fundamentals" (Purdue University). It contains 7 problems which lead students through a comparison of the depletion approximation and the exact analysis of a PN junction diode.
Exercises for FETToy
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Teaching Materials | 11 Oct 2005 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom
This series of exercises uses the FETToy program to illustrate some of the key physical concepts for nanotransistors.