Semiconductor Fundamentals

• Knowledge of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics
• Knowledge about semiconductors
• Understanding of basic differential equations

Audience

• Electrical engineers
• Anyone interested in semiconductor

Semiconductors are materials that have an electrical conductivity that enables advances in communications, computing, military systems, healthcare, clean energy, transportation, and a lot more innovative applications.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at electrical engineers or anyone interested to learn about the fundamentals of semiconductors and use to create different innovations in various fields.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Know how electronic devices like diodes and transistors work.
• Analyze the carrier statistics in semiconductors.
• Understand the carrier dynamics of semiconductors and their resulting conduction properties.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

• Overview of semiconductors

Materials Properties and Doping

• Energy levels to energy bands
• Crystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous semiconductors
• Miller indices
• Properties of common semiconductors
• Free carriers in semiconductors

Rudiments of Quantum Mechanics

• Understanding the wave equation
• Quantum confinement
• Quantum tunneling and reflection
• Electron waves in crystals
• Density of states

Equilibrium Carrier Concentration

• Understanding the Fermi function
• Fermi-Dirac integrals
• Fermi level vs. Carrier concentration
• Doping density vs. Carrier concentration
• Temperature vs. Carrier concentration

Carrier Transport, Generation, and Recombination

• Understanding the Landauer approach
• Current from the nanoscale to the macroscale
• Drift-diffusion equation
• Carrier recombination and carrier generation

The Semiconductor Equations

• Understanding mathematical formulation
• Energy band diagrams
• Quasi-Fermi levels
• Minority carrier diffusion equation

Summary and Next Steps