PH 405 - Semiconductor Materials & Applications
- Credit Hours: 3R-3L-4C
- Term Available: F
- Prerequisites: PH 113 - Physics III or PH 255 - Foundations of Modern Physics or PH 265 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics & Radiation
- Corequisites: None
Material structure electronic levels and energy bands; semiconductor doping; optical and electronic material characteristics; p-n junction and diode characteristics; bipolar junction transistor; basics of device fabrication. Laboratories on X-ray and Scanning Electron Microscope investigations, device characteristics and a three-week design project on production and testing of thin films. Cross-listed with PH 505.