Course Catalog 2009-2010
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Course Catalog 2009-2010

FYS-6216 Semiconductor Physics I, 4 cr

Person responsible

Tapio Rantala

Implementations

  Lecture times and places Target group recommended to
Implementation 1

Periods 3 3 - 5

 
 


Requirements

Exam on text book chapters 1 to 5.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

Selected issues from the text book chapters 1 - 9

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Detailed analysis of the band theory of electrons including principles of calculation methods. Electron¿phonon interaction and electronic properties of defects.     
2. Transport phenomena in semiconductors.     


Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Semiconductor Physics and Applications   M. Balkanski ja R.F. Wallis   0-19-851740-8     Springer      English  
Other online content   Semiconductor Physics I   Tapio Rantala       http://www.tut.fi/~trantala/opetus      English  


Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
FYS-6100 Basic Semiconductor Technology Advisable    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
FYS-6216 Semiconductor Physics I, 4 cr FYS-6210 Semiconductor Physics I, 4 cr  

Additional information

This high-level course is directed to computational semiconductor physics. Suitable for graduate level studies, too.

More precise information per implementation

  Description Methods of instruction Implementation
Implementation 1 Start in the 3rd period but IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  


Last modified17.03.2009
ModifierTapio Rantala