Textbooks

• Semiconductor Fundamentals (Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Vol. I), R. F. Pierret, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall.

• The PN Junction Diode (Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Vol. II), G. W. Neudeck, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall.

• The Bipolar Junction Transistor (Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Vol. III), G. W. Neudeck, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall.

• Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology, S. M. Sze, Wiley, 2013.

• Solid State Electronic Devices, B. G. Streetman and S. K. Banerjee, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.

Syllabus

1. Semiconductor fundamentals

   1. Introduction

   2. Carrier modeling

   3. Carrier action

2. PN junction diodes

   1. Junction electrostatics

   2. I-V characteristics

   3. Small-signal admittance

   4. Transient response

3. Bipolar junction transistor

   1. Fundamentals

   2. Static characteristics

   3. Dynamic response modeling

Grading

Component	Weight
Projects	30%
Seminar	10%
Final exam	60%