Course Notes

EE221 - Semiconductor Devices I

Topics:

• Physics of semiconductors (crystal, energy bands, semiconductors in equilibrium, carrier movement) (class note 1)
  

• PN junction & diodes (class note 2)
  

• Metal-semiconductor contacts (class note 3)
  

• Field effect devices: Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistors(class note 4,  class note 5)
  

• MESFET (class note 6)
  

• Bipolar junction transistors (class note 7)
  

• Fabrication steps: crystal growth (class note 8), film deposition (class note 9)