Homework #1

Due Date: September 5, 2014 (Friday)

ECE 3040 C Fall 2014
Microelectronic Circuits
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
1. Diamond Lattice (20 points)
a. The lattice constant of Ge at room temperature is a = 5.65 . Determine the
number of Ge atoms per cm3.
b. Calculate the density of crystalline silicon at room temperature using the lattice
constant a = 5.43 , the atomic weight m = 28.09 g/mol, and the Avogadros
number 6.023 * 1023 mol-1.
2. Pierret, Problem 1.5, parts (a)-(d) (20 points)
3. Pierret, Problem 1.6 (20 points)
4. Pierret, Problem 1.7 (20 points)
5. Fermi Function (10 Points)
a. Under equilibrium conditions and T > 0 K, what is the probability of an electron
state being occupied if it is located at the Fermi level?
b. If EF is positioned at EC, determine the probability of finding electrons in states at
EC + kT.
c. The probability of a state is filled at EC + kT is equal to the probability a state is
empty at EC + kT. Where is the Fermi level located?
d. What is the probability of a state being occupied by a hole at an energy E = EF
kT?
6. Pierret, Problem 2.3 (20 Points)
7. Pierret, Problem 2.14, parts (a) and (b) (20 Points)
8. Pierret, Problem 2.17 (25 Points)
9. Pierret, Problem 2.18 (25 Points)