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Jul 07, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Hill Book
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PHY 340 - Semiconductor Materials and Devices3 credits
Offered alternate years in Spring
This course is an introduction to the electronic properties of semiconductors and the functioning of semiconductor-based devices. Topics include introduction to crystalline solids, the band theory of metals and semiconductors, drift and diffusion of electrons and holes, electron-hole generation and recombination, PN junctions, diodes, bipolar junction and field-effect transistors, integrated circuit basics, photodetectors, solar cells, and light emitting diodes.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): PHY 221 - Physics III ; (PHY 323 - Quantum Physics is recommended but not required)
Course Applies to: Photonics
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