Course contents:

1. Course introduction (PDF)(Resistor-model-equations)

2. Silicon atom: bond and band model (PDF) 

3. Intrinsic semiconductor, Thermal equilibrium (PDF)

4. Fermi-Dirac distribution (PDF)

5. Electron concentration in conduction band (PDF) 

6. Hole concentration in valence band (PDF) 

7. Intrinsic carrier concentration, Intrinsic Fermi level (PDF)  

8. n-type and p-type semiconductors (PDF)

9. Law of mass action (PDF) 

10. Charge neutrality, Non-degenerate semiconductors (PDF)  

11. Drift current (PDF) 

12. Diffusion current and Position of Fermi level (PDF)   

13. Non-uniform doping and Electric Field (Ex) (PDF) 

14. Non-uniform doping and Fermi-level at J=0 (PDF)  

15. Hall effect and its applications (PDF) 

16. Carrier Generation and Recombination (PDF)  

17. Continuity equation (PDF)  

Problem Set-1 (PDF)  

Assessment Exam-1 (Questions) (Solutions)  

18. PN Junction: Energy-band diagram and Vbi (zero bias) (PDF)   

19. PN Junction: Electric field (zero bias) (PDF)  

20. PN Junction: Vx and depletion region width (zero bias) (PDF) 

21. PN Junction: Energy-band diagram (reverse bias) (PDF) 

22. PN Junction: Emax, Cj, & One-sided junctions (reverse bias) (PDF) 

23. PN Junction: Reverse bias junction breakdown (PDF) 

24. PN Junction: Linearly graded junctions (PDF)  

25. PN Junction: Forward bias I-V characteristics (PDF)

26. PN Junction: Summary of I-V characteristics (PDF)(Datasheet)

Problem Set-2 (PDF)  

27. Diode circuits: Models (PDF)  

28. Diode circuits: Voltage clipping/clamping circuits (PDF) 

29. Diode circuits: Halfwave rectifier (PDF) 

30. Diode circuits: Fullwave rectifier, Voltage regulation (PDF) 

31. Diode circuits: Voltage controlled capacitor and BPF (PDF) 

32. Diode circuits: Voltage doubler (PDF)  

33. Diode circuits: Summary and LT-Spice simulation (PDF)  

Assessment Exam-2 (Questions) (Solutions)   

34. Voltage amplifier: Performance parameters and Model (PDF) 

35. CMOS process technology (PDF) 

36. Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (capacitor structure) (PDF) 

37. Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor C-V characteristics (PDF) 

38. MOSFET device structure (PDF) 

39. MOSFET threshold voltage (PDF) 

40. MOSFET regions of operation (PDF) 

41. MOSFET I-V characteristics (PDF) 

42. MOSFET: Channel length modulation effect (PDF) 

43. MOSFET: Body effect and small signal model 

44. MOSFET: Capacitance and parameters 

45. MOSFET: Sub-threshold conduction 

46. Diode connected MOSFET and Process variations