ECE 384 - Electronic Materials and Devices

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Semiconductor materials and device physics; charge carriers and conduction mechanisms, Energy Band Diagram. Theory of metal-semiconductor contacts and junction diodes. Unipolar and bipolar devices: MOSFETs threshold voltage, characteristics, circuit models and regions of operations; Bipolar junction transistors, and introduction to CMOS with integrated circuit technology, layout and simulation. Offered fall and winter.
Prerequisite(s): major standing.