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Course No: 16.576; Last Offered: Summer 2015;
Course Description
16.576 Principles of Solid-State Devices
Introduces the principles of Solid State Devices. Crystal properties and growth of semiconductors,atoms and electrons, Bohr's model, quantum mechanics, bonding forces and energy bands in solids, charge carriers in semiconductors, drift of carriers in electric and
magnetic fields, carrier lifetime and photoconductivity, junctions, forward and reverse bias,reverse bias breakdown (Zener effect), tunnel diodes, photodiodes, LED, bipolar junction transistors, field effect transistors. A design project is included in the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
- Prerequisites: 17.365
- Special Notes:
- Credits: 3;
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