Semiconductor Devices

Creator Name

Sheila D. Hill PE, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow

Home Department for Course

Electrical Engineering

Course Prefix

EE

Course Number

2401

Course Description

3 Class Hours, 0 Laboratory Hours, 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: CHEM 1211, CHEM 1211L, EE 1000
This course effectively applies the knowledge of chemistry and physics to understand the operating principles of various semiconductor devices. The course covers topics starting from the fundamental concepts of atomic and crystal structure, crystal growth, impurity doping and energy bands to the in-depth device operation and quantitative analysis of p-n junction diode, metal-semiconductor contacts and Schottky diode, BJTs and MOSFETs. Also fundamental operating principles of optoelectronic devices such as, LEDs and photodiodes are discussed. Simple device simulation components reinforces the understanding of various critical aspects of device operation. The course concludes with an experiment-based project on device characterization where students perform analysis on the experimentally acquired data to extract various important device parameters.

Major Assessments

Six Group Assignments

Four Individual Homework Assignments

Four Tests

One Group Project

Modalities

Online (Asynchronous)

Evaluation Instrument used for Course Review and Approval

QM

D2L Course Code/Course Offering

CO.430.EE2401.14966.20234

KSU Status/Last Review Date

3-1-2022

Comments

Course code above is from the present active online course. Librarian has been added to a non-active course but that doesn't have a course number to enter above.