ECE 535 Theory of Semiconductors and Semiconductor Devices

[Announcements | Administrative | Course Notes | Homework | Term Paper | Final Exam ]

Announcements:

Administrative:

Instructor:

• Jean-Pierre Leburton

• Office: Beckman Institute, Rm 3251

• Phone: (217)333-6813

• Email: jleburto@uiuc.edu

• Office hours: 2:00-3:00pm Wednesdays

TA:

• Mueen Nawaz

• Office: Beckman Institute, Rm 3249

• Phone: (217)244-1964

• Email: nawaz@uiuc.edu. Please put ECE535 in the Subject line

• Office hours: Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm. Location: On one of the bridges on the 3rd floor of Beckman. If I'm not there, check the office.

Course description:
Introductory quantum mechanics of semiconductors; energy bands; dynamics of Bloch electrons in static and high-frequency electric fields;
equilibrium statistics; scattering and transport theory, diffusion and drift; principles of p-n junctions, heterojunctions and transistors.

Prerequisite:
Senior level course in atomic physics or quantum mechanics.

Time: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:00-1:50pm

Place: 260 Everitt

Credit: 4 credits

Course Policies:
Homeworks are usually assigned on Fridays and due on the next Friday. For late homework, please see Prof. Jean-Pierre Leburton in person.

Textbook: Karl Hess, Advanced Theory of Semiconductor Devices, IEEE Press 2000.

Homework:

HW1 (pdf) HW1 Solution (pdf), due: Friday, 9/4/2009

HW2 (pdf) HW2 Solution (pdf), due: Friday, 9/11/2009

HW3 (pdf) HW3 Solution (pdf), due: Monday, 9/21/2009

HW4 (pdf) HW4 Solution (pdf), due: Friday, 9/25/2009

HW5 (pdf) HW5 Solution (pdf) , due: Friday, 10/02/2009

HW6 (pdf) HW6 Solution, HW6 Solution Addendum due: Friday, 10/09/2009

HW7 (pdf) HW7 Solution (pdf) due: Friday, 10/16/2009

HW8 (pdf) HW8 Solution (pdf), due: Friday, 10/23/2009

HW9 (pdf) due: Friday, 10/30/2009

HW10 (pdf) due: Friday, 11/06/2009

HW11 (pdf) , due: Friday, 11/13/2009

Term Project:

Topics:

• Si vs GaAs for electronic applications
• Remote or interface phonons in field effect transistors
• Modulation doping and transport in a 2D electron gas
• Quantum Effects in MOSFETS
• Resonant Tunneling Diode
• Interband tunneling diodes and negative differential resistance
• Bloch oscillations and their applications
• Ballistic transistors
• Coulomb blockade and single electron transitor
• Transport in Quantum Point Contacts
• Transport in Quantum Wires
• Carbon nanotube field effect transistors
• Electronic properties of graphene and potential for applications

AUTHORSHIP: Collective work by 2 students.

Topic: A current and original research issue in semiconductor electronics relevant to or making use of topics discussed in class
The topic must be selected from the list above, and outside of your research topic. Each group of 2 students must work on a different topic from other groups in the above list!

To be avoided: electronic or optical device fabrication and processing issues, materials issues, pure theoretical or mathematical issues such as quantum computing, etc

FORMAT: 3 pages APL style report, well balanced by a few equations illustrating the concept, a paragraph of introduction and motivations and a few figures describing the problem with results commented in the text. The report should be a synthesis of several papers on a specific subject with personal conclusions by the authors. It should have an abstract, and be clearly presented with clear and readable figures. A paper full of equations or copied from existing literature is prohibited; so is a wordy paper without equation or figures.

DEADLINE FOR PROJECT TITLE w/AUTHORS: 30th September

DEADLINE For Paper: Wednesday, Nov 18th, 2009.

Final Exam:

1:30-4:30 PM, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 in the usual classroom.

Please forward any question about this page to the TA.

Credit:The layout of this site is due to Lingxiao Zhang, who was a previous TA for this course.