EE 661: Solid State Electronics


General Information

Instructor: Prof. J. Todd Hastings (Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays 2pm-3pm)
TA: Yugu Yang (office ASTeCC 345)
Time and Place:

Lecture: 10:00am – 10:50am, MWF, CB 231

Syllabus (PDF) (HTML)

 

 

 


Class Notes
Date
Topic
Outline
Lecture Notes
01/09/08
Introduction and Semiconductor Materials   (PDF) (PPT)
01/11/08
Crystal Structure (PDF) (PDF) (PPT)
01/14/08
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (PDF)
(PDF) (PPT)
01/16/08
Potential Wells and Barriers (PDF)
(PDF) (PPT)
01/18/08
The Kronig-Penney Model and Band Theory (PDF)
(PDF) (PPT)
01/21/08
MLK Day - Class does not meet  
01/23/08
Electron Motion and Effective Mass (PDF)
(PDF) (PPT)
01/25/08
1D Currents, and 3D Band Structure  
(PDF) (PPT)
01/28/08
Energy Distribution of Carriers (PDF)
(PDF) (PPT)
01/30/08
Energy Band Diagrams and Doping  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/01/08
Equilibirum Carrier Concentrations  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/04/08
Calculating Carrier Concentration and Fermi Level  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/06/08
Recombination and Generation  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/08/08
Class does not meet  
02/11/08
Recombination and Generation - Quantitative  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/13/08
Exam 1 Review  
02/15/08
Exam 1- Covers Material through 02/13/08  
02/18/08
Carrier Drift  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/20/08
Carrier Diffusion and Continuity Equations  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/22/08
Minority Carrier Diffusion Equations and Solutions  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/25/08
pn-Junction Electrostatics  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/27/08
pn-Junction IV Characteristics  
(PDF) (PPT)
02/29/08
Non-ideal pn-Junction Characteristics  
(PDF) (PPT)
03/03/08
Non-ideal pn-Junction Characteristics  
03/05/08
pn-Junction Breakdown  
(PDF) (PPT)
03/07/08
pn-Junction Small Signal and Transient Response   (PDF) (PPT)
  3/10/08-3/15/08 Spring Break  
03/17/08
BJT Intro and Conceptual Operation  
(PDF) (PPT)
03/19/08
BJT Steady State Operation  
(PDF) (PPT)
03/24/08
BJT Non-idealities and Ebers-Moll Model  
(PDF) (PPT)
03/26/08
Exam Review  
(PDF) (PPT)
03/28/08
Exam 2 - Covers Material Through 03/23/08    
03/31/08
BJT Models and Small Signal Response  
(PDF) (PPT)
04/02/08
Metal-Semiconductor Contacts and Shottkey Diodes   (PDF) (PPT)
04/04/08
Metal-Semiconductor Contacts and Shottkey Diodes    
04/07/08
MOS Introduction and Electrostatics  
(PDF) (PPT)
04/09/08
MOS CV Relationship  
(PDF) (PPT)
04/11/08
MOS Nonidealities  
(PDF) (PPT)
04/14/08
MOSFET Introduction  
(PDF) (PPT)
04/16/08
MOSFET Quantitative  
(PDF) (PPT)
04/18/08
MOSFET Nonidealities  
(PDF) (PPT)
04/21/08
MOSFET Small Signal Response  
(PDF) (PPT)
04/23/08
MOSFET Short Channel Effects  
(PDF) (PPT)
  MOSFET Scaling   (PDF) (PPT)
04/25/08
Overall Review   (PDF) (PPT)
05/01/08
Final Exam - 8:00am    

Homework
Homework Set #1 - Due 01/23/08 Homework Set #1 Solutions
Homework Set #2 - Due 01/30/08 Homework Set #2 Solutions
Homework Set #3 - Due 02/08/08 Homework Set #3 Solutions
Homework Set #4 - Not due Homework Set #4 Solutions
Homework Set #5 - Due 02/27/08 Homework Set #5 Solutions
Homework Set #6 - Due 03/07/08 Homework Set #6 Solutions
Homework Set #7 - Due 03/26/08 Homework Set #7 Solutions
Homework Set #8 - Due 04/11/08 Homework Set #8 Solutions
Homework Set #9 - Due 04/23/08 Homework Set #9 Solutions
   

 

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  3. Here is the MATLAB script you need for HW2. kp_model.m
  4. Here is the MATLAB script you need for HW3. cc_plot.m
  5. Here is the first exam from last year:
    Exam 1 - Spring 2007.pdf
    Exam 1 - Spring 2007 - Solutions.pdf
  6. Here are the solutions to the first exam from this year: EE661 - Exam 1 2008 - Solutions.pdf
  7. Note the changed due date for HW6!
  8. Here is last year's exam 2 with solutions: Exam 2 - Spring 2007 - Solutions.pdf
  9. Here is the MATLAB file for HW8 problem 1: hw8p1.m
  10. Here are the solutions for this year's second exam: EE661 - Exam 2 2008 - Solutions.pdf

 


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