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Semiconductor Physics Course Overview

The B.Sc. (Hons) program includes a course on Semiconductor Physics focusing on the properties and functionalities of semiconductor materials in electronic devices. The syllabus covers topics such as energy bands, P-N junctions, diode circuits, and rectifiers, with an emphasis on both theoretical concepts and practical applications. Upon completion, students will be able to describe semiconductor properties, current flow mechanisms, and the functioning of basic electronic devices.

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Semiconductor Physics Course Overview

The B.Sc. (Hons) program includes a course on Semiconductor Physics focusing on the properties and functionalities of semiconductor materials in electronic devices. The syllabus covers topics such as energy bands, P-N junctions, diode circuits, and rectifiers, with an emphasis on both theoretical concepts and practical applications. Upon completion, students will be able to describe semiconductor properties, current flow mechanisms, and the functioning of basic electronic devices.

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Program Name: [Link].

(Hons)

Program PO:
Scheme:
BHP302:SemiconductorPhysics
Teaching Scheme Examination Scheme
Lectures:3hrs/Week ClassTest-12Marks
Tutorials:1hr/Week TeachersAssessment-6Marks Attendance
– 12 Marks
Credits:4 End Semester Exam–70marks

Course Objectives:
The aim of the course is to develop physics and engineering strategies of semiconductor
materials and to discuss their functionalities in modern electronic devices.

Syllabus
Unit-1
Basics of semiconductors

Energy bands in solids, valence and conduction bands, Insulators, conductors and semiconductors, Types
of semiconductors: Extrinsic & intrinsic semiconductors, Fermi level, majority and minority carriers,
conductivity of intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, p and n type semiconductors, idea about drift and
diffusion

Unit-2
P-N junction

Formation of depletion layer, barrier formation in P-N junction diode, junction or barrier potential, energy
band diagram of p-n junction, recombination, drift and saturation of drift velocity, biasing of P-N junction:
forward and reverse

Unit-3
P-N junctiondiode

Junctionresistance,junctionbreakdown,junctioncapacitance,equivalent circuit of P-N junction, basic idea


about diode fabrication, the ideal diode, the real diode, Basic idea about different types of diode

Unit-Diode
circuits

Diode circuits with DC and AC voltage sources, diode clipper and clamper circuits, clippers, some
clipping circuits, clampers, clamping circuits

Unit-5
Rectifiers

Half wave rectifier, equivalent circuit of a half wave rectifier, full wave rectifier, equivalent circuit of a full
wave rectifier, regulated and unregulated power supply, bridge rectifier.
Text / Reference Books:
T 1: Robert Boylestad, Louis Nashelsky, Electronic Devicesand Circuit Theory, 8 Th
Edition, Pearson Education, India, 2004.
T 2: [Link] and [Link], Principles of Electronic Devices and Circuits, S.
Chand & Company Ltd.
R 1: A. P. Malvino, Electronic Principles,Glencoe,1993.

R 2: V. K. Mehta, Principals of Electronics,(S Chand & Co, NewDelhi) 2010

Course Outcomes:

After completing the course, students will be able to:


1. Describe various properties of semiconductor materials.
2. Describe and structures of semiconductor
3. Explain the properties of n-type and p-type semiconductors.
4. To understand the current flow mechanism in p-n junction diode, rectifier diodes.
[Link](extrinsicandintrinsicsemiconductors,p-njunction diode)

6. Apply the knowledge of semiconductors to illustrate the functioning of basic electronic devices such as
p-n junction, rectifiers etc.

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