I.  What is a Semiconductor?

           

A. Resistivity Classification of Materials

B. Atomic Bonding

C. Atomic Bonding and Resistivity

D. Semiconductors

       

  II.  Crystals

           

A. Crystals and Types of Crystals

B. The Crystal Lattice

C. 3-D or Bravais Lattices

D. Atomic Packing Factor

E. Miller Indices

F. The Diamond Cubic Structure

G. The Zinc Blende Structure

H.  Imperfections in Solids

I.  Impurities in Solids

     

  III. Electron Theory of Materials

           

A. Bohr Model of an Atom

B. The Four Quantum Numbers

C. Pauli's Exclusion Principle

D. Wave Particle Duality

E. The Potential Barrier

F. Tunneling

G. Work Function

H. Contact Potential

I. Energy Bands

1. Formation of Energy Bands

2. Characteristics of Energy Bands

3. Types of Energy Bands

4. Energy Bands In Solids

5. Energy Bands in a Silicon Solid

6. Band Gap as a Function of Temperature

J.  Density of States

K.  E-k Diagrams

L.  Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function

1. Fermi Function at T=0°K

2. Fermi Function at T>0°K

M.  Charge Carriers in Semiconductors

N.  Intrinsic Semiconductors

O.  Extrinsic Semiconductors

P.  Dopants and Energy Levels

Q.  Extrinsic Conductivity

R.  Non-degenerate/Degenerate

Semiconductors

S.  Ionization

T.  Complete Ionization

U.  Freeze-out

V. Einstein Relation

W.  Hall Effect

  IV. Rate Processes in Semiconductors

A. Solid State Diffusion

1. Diffusion Process

2. Fick's Laws

B. Generation

C. Generation Mechanisms

D. Recombination

E. Recombination Mechanisms

F. Semiconductor in Non-equilibrium

G. Carrier Drift

H. Carrier Diffusion

I. Carrier Injection

J. Scattering Mechanisms

K. Graded Impurity Distribution

L. Ambipolar Transport