Electronic Devices

Course No. : EEE/ ECE/ INSTR F214

Lecture 1: Introduction and

Handout Discussion
Instructor : Parikshit Sahatiya
Department of EEE
BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad
Campus 1
 Electronics and Modern World
The 20th Century was transferred by electronics- flow and control of electrons in materials

Digital Electronics
Integrated
Analog Electronics Circuit
Branches of modern
electronics } Power Electronics

Bioelectronics
Optoelectronics } Technology

Electronic systems are

build with electronic
devices
Solar-cell
Diode Transistor

Photo-detector
 Application- Sky is the Limit
Consumer Electronics Defense and Aerospace Meteorological and Oceanographic

Medical Appliances
Advanced Technology Development

Communication
Electronics and Electronic Devices
Digital
Design
RAM

Computer
Architecture

Microelectronic
Circuits
Fabrication
Technology
Electronics and Electronic Devices
Metal/Insulator/Semiconductor Electronic
Junction Devices

What is Metal ?

What is Insulator ?

What is Semi-Conductor ?
Metal/Semiconductor
Junction

What is N and P-type

Semi-Conductor?

PN How Charge Carrier

Density can be
Junction
changed in Semi-
Conductor ?

How charge flows in

Semi-Conductor?
Electronics Devices- A Brief History
MOSFET
Photovoltaic Cell
Junction Transistor

Nobel Prize in Mohamed Atalla 1959

Physics (1956) Fuller 1954 Dawon Kahng
Chapin Light Emitting
Bardeen 1947 Pearson Diode
Schockley
Brattain

Biard 1962
Pittman
Electronics Devices- A Brief History
MOSFET
Photovoltaic Cell
Junction Transistor

Nobel Prize in Mohamed Atalla 1959

Physics (1956) Fuller 1954 Dawon Kahng
Chapin Light Emitting
Bardeen 1947 Pearson Diode
Schockley
Brattain

Biard 1962
Pittman
 Why This Course?
The Course is about the underlying physics, operating principles and design criteria of
basic electronic devices like 1) diode, 2) transistor, 3) photodiode, 4) solar cell

The Course will develop detailed understanding on:

semiconductor properties that determine the performance of electronic devices

basic physics of charge carriers in solids and carrier transport in semiconductors

Operations of device building blocks- p-n & metal/semiconductor junctions and MOS capacitor

I-V characteristics of p-n & Schottky Diodes, MOSFET, BJT, Photodiode, Solar Cell

Serve as the foundation for courses like- Microelectronic Circuits, Digital Electronics, Analog
Electronics etc.
 Course Details
Text Book:

T1. B. G. Streetman, and Sanjay Banerjee, “Solid State Electronic Devices”, 6 th Ed., PHI, 2006.

T2. D A. Neaman, “Semiconductor Physics and Devices”, 4th Ed, Tata Mc Graw Hill..

Reference Book:

R1. R1. Yannis P Tsividis “Operation and Modeling of MOS Transistor" Oxford University Press.

R2. Mark Lundstrom “Fundamental of nano-transistors Lessons from Nanoscience" World Scientific
Book.
Lecture No.
Course Details
Topic Learning Outcomes

1 Introduction to the subject and course details

2-4 Review of semiconductor fundamentals Basic overview of atoms, molecules and crystals, E-k diagram
5-11 Charge carriers in semiconductors Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors, Direct and Indirect Band-gap Semiconductors,
Effective Mass, Fermi level, Density of states, Equilibrium carrier concentrations,
Band Diagram, Temperature dependence

12-15 Excess carriers in semiconductors Interaction of photons with semiconductors, generation and recombination mechanisms
of excess carriers, quasi-fermi levels in non- equilibrium

15-18 Charge carrier transport Drift and Diffusion Transport, Mobility, Velocity Saturation, Conductivity
19-26 PN Junctions PN junctions, Equilibrium, Biasing, I-V characteristics, Reverse bias breakdown,
Tunnel Diode
27-29 Metal-Semiconductor Junctions (Ohmic/Schottky) Ohmic & Schottky junctions: Equilibrium, Biasing for both p- and n- type
semiconductors

30-32 Heterojunctions and Basic Concepts of BJT Heterojunction Energy Band Structure, Working Principe of BJT
33-40 Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors MOS Capacitor, Flat band Condition C-V Characteristics, Working principle of
MOSFET, I-V characteristics, Short Channel Effects, Velocity Saturation Effect,
Overview of nanoscale MOSFET Design
41-42 Optoelectronic devices Solar cells, Photodiodes
 Evaluation Details
Component Duration Weightage Marks (200) (%) Date & Time Nature of Component

Quizzes 30 min 30% 60 TBA Open Book

Mid-semester Exam. 90 min 30% 60 14th Oct 2023 Closed Book
(2:00 – 3:30 pm)

Comprehensive Exam. 180 min 40% 80 21st Dec 2023 Closed Book
(9:30 am – 12:30
pm)
Total 100% 200

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 Tutorial Policy
1. No videos will be uploaded for the tutorial classes.

2. The tutorial sheets will be uploaded at the end of the week with the answers only.
 What Next?
Advance Courses based on Electronic Devices:

1. Nano FET based Device Modelling (F477)

2. Electronic Devices Simulation Laboratory (F216)
3. Electronic Materials Design and Simulations (F423)

Minor in Semiconductor Devices and Technology