Diffusion, electric potential and field, nonuniformly doped semiconductor. Multiple choice questions and answers on semiconductor theory. Lecture 2 basic semiconductor physics cornell university. A semiconductor is a material that has a resistivity lies between that of a conductor and an insulator. Devices made from semiconductor materials are the foundation of modern electronics, including ratio, computers. It is seen that the richness of quantum physics will greatly a ect the future generation technologies in many aspects. Lecture 2 semiconductor physics i september, 2005 contents. Lecture 1 introduction to semiconductors and semiconductor.
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A unique feature of the semiconductors is that they are bipolar in nature and in them, the current is transported by the electrons and holes. We shall concentrate largely on elemental semiconducors such as silicon or germanium, and most numerical values used for examples are speci c to silicon. Lecture notes on power electronics veer surendra sai. Nptel material is available for free on nptel website. Physics fundamental concepts of semiconductors nptel. Applications illustrated with computergenerated animations.
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