Spring 2010
Course: NE-242 (Electronic Devices)
Course description:
Review of semiconductor physics, energy band theory, doped semiconductors in thermal equilibrium,
charge neutrality, mass action law, recombination and transport mechanisms, Boltzmann relations.
p-n junction diode: Derivation of dc and ac characteristics, charge storage effects.
The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and The metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
(MOSFET): derivation of dc and ac terminal characteristics, equivalent circuits.
Course objectives:
By the end of the term, students should be able to fully understand the analytical 1-dimentional
electrical behavior of PN junction diode and BJT and 2-dimentional behavior of MOSFET together
with the underlying physics used to develop these analytical relations.
Lecture Venue:
• DWE 1501
o 10:30 - 11:20 Tue and Thu
o 9:30 - 10:20 Fri
Course Instructor:
• Saeed Fathololoumi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
o Contact information: Email: sfatholo@ece.uwaterloo.ca , ext. 32872, Office DC 3726
o Office hours: 5:30 - 6:20 Thu (DC 3726)
or email me if you want an appointment
Textbook:
• D. A. Neamen, Semiconductor Physics and Devices, 3rd Ed., McGraw Hill Wiley, 2003
(Required)
• Handouts will be provided & posted on UW-ACE periodically
Class web site:
• UW-ACE, NE 242
Grading:
• Lab 20% (20% prelab - 80% report), Two assignments 5%, Midterm 25%, Final exam 50%
• Midterm Exam: Jun. 18, 2010, 10 – 11:20 (80 minutes)
• Final Exam: TBA, Aug. 3-14, 2010, 2.5 hours
Exams and Tutorials:
• Tutorial problem sets will be assigned approximately every week.
• Tutorial Solutions will be posted on the web subsequent to attending the tutorial.
• Two assignments will be posted roughly two weeks before the each exam, collected and marked.
The due will be at the last lecture before each exam.
• Midterm & Final Exams will be closed book. Formula sheets will be provided if necessary.
Course Prerequisites:
Mandatory:
• NE125 (Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering)
• NE232 (Quantum Mechanics)
Preferred:
• NE122 (Organic Chemistry for Nanotechnology Engineers)
• NE131 (Physics for Nanotechnology Engineering)
• NE225 (Structure and Properties of Matter: From Nanoscale to Bulk)
Course outline:
• Chapter 1: Introduction to Semiconductors
• Chapter 2: The PN junction diode
• Chapter 3: The bipolar junction transistors
• Chapter 4: The metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET)
• Chapter 5: The a-Si thin film transistor (TFT)
• Chapter 6: Organic semiconductors
Corresponding Book Charters
• Lecture Notes Chapter 1: {2.5 weeks}
Neaman: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, Chapter 3, 4, and 5, 6
• Lecture Notes Chapter 2: {2.5 weeks}
Neaman : Chapter 7, 8
____________mid-term_____________
• Lecture Notes Chapter 3: {3 weeks}
Neaman: Chapter 10 (10.1 to 10.7)
• Lecture Notes Chapter 4: {3 weeks}
Neaman: Chapter 11
• Lecture Notes Chapter 5 {0.5 weeks}
• Lecture Notes Chapter 6 {0.5 weeks}
____________Final exam_____________
Tutorial Venue:
Venue
Time
DWE1502
DWE1502
DWE1502
1:30 - 2:20 Fri
2:30 - 3:20 Fri
3:30 - 4:20 Fri
Teaching Assistants:
• Hussein Attia [h2attia@engmail.uwaterloo.ca] (Office hours: Thu 4:30-5:20 EIT3122)
• Jin Meng [j4meng@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca] (Office hours: Tue 4:30-5:20 EIT3129)
• Salman Kabir [s2kabir@engmail.uwaterloo.ca] (Office hours: Mon 4:30-5:20 DC3718)
• Mohamed Feteiha [mffeteih@engmail.uwaterloo.ca] (Office hours: Wed 4:30-5:20 EIT4148)
Lab Venue:
Venue
Time
E2 3344
E2 3344
E2 3344
1:30 - 4:20 Tue
1:30 - 4:20 Wed
1:30 - 4:20 Thu
Lab Instructor:
• Orion Bruckman, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
o Contact information: Email: obruckman@uwaterloo.ca , ext. 36134, Office E2 3348A
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May 2010
SUNDAY
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{Lectures}, DWE 1501
{Extra Lectures}, DWE 1501
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