Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Course Code

Course Title

Course Planner

ECE563

SOLID STATE DEVICES MODELLING AND

SIMULATION
Courses with numerical and conceptual focus

16924::Dhirendra Kumar

Course Category

Lectures

Tutorials Practicals Credits

3.0

TextBooks
Sr No

Title

Author

T-1

SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS AND J.NEAMEN

DEVICES 3RD ED

Edition

Year

Publisher Name

3rd

2003

M. G.HILLS

Reference Books
Sr No

Title

Author

Edition

Year

Publisher Name

R-1

S.M.SZE, PHYSICS OF
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

JOHN WILEY AND

SONS (WIE).

2nd

2008

M. G.HILLS

R-2

SOLID STATE ELECTRONIC

DEVICES

BEN G .STREETMAN
AND SANJAY
BANARJEE

5th

2004

PEARSON EDUCATION

Other Reading
Sr No

Journals articles as Compulsary reading (specific articles, complete reference)

OR-1

IEEE Transactions on solid state circuits, Electronics for you and basic tutorials from google websites , ,

Relevant Websites
Sr No

(Web address) (only if relevant to the course)

Salient Features

RW-1

http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

video lectures

Audio Visual Aids

Sr No

(AV aids) (only if relevant to the course)

Salient Features

AV-1

http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?subjectId=117106091

good for concept development

LTP week distribution: (LTP Weeks)

Detailed Plan For Lectures

Weeks before MTE

Weeks After MTE

Spill Over

0.0

0.0

3.0

Week
Lecture
Number Number

Broad Topic(Sub Topic)

Week 1

Lecture 1

Introduction to the quantum

theory of solids(Allowed
and Forbidden Energy
Bands)

T-1:2.1 P.No 35-39

AV-1

Allowed and Forbidden Understand in

Energy Bands
complete
the allowed and
Forbidden Energy
Bands concepts

Lecture 2

Introduction to the quantum

theory of solids(Electrical
Conduction in Solids)

T-1:2.2 P.No 48-58

OR-1

Lecture 3

Introduction to the quantum

theory of solids(Density of
States Function)

T-1:2.4 P.No 61-65

Lecture 4

Introduction to the quantum

theory of solids(Statistical
Mechanics)

Lecture 5

The Semiconductor
conductor in equillibrium
(Charge Carriers in
Semiconductors)

Week 2

Chapters/Sections of Other Readings,

Text/reference
Relevant Websites,
books
Audio Visual Aids,
software and Virtual
Labs

Lecture Description

Learning Outcomes Pedagogical Tool Live Examples

Demonstration/
Case Study /
Images /
animation / ppt
etc. Planned
White board and
marker or case
study

use two white

paper and put
some small
pieces of tiny
particle and
apply some
force from
bottom towards
top side.

Basics of electrical
conduction in solids

Understand in
White board and
complete
marker or Peer
the concept of The
learning
Energy band, The
Bond
Model,Drift Current,
Electron Effective
mass,Concept of
hole,
Metals, Insulatora
and
semiconductors

use bowl with

filled sugar and
empty sugar.

AV-1

Density of States
Function

Mathematical
Derivation and
Extension to
semiconductors

White board and

marker

use bowl with

filled sugar and
empty sugar.

T-1:2.5 P.No 66-74

AV-1

Statistical Mechanics

To understand the
concept of the fermi
Dirac probability
function and its
mathematical
analysis

White board and

marker or
Brainstorming

T-1:3.1 P.No 82-92

OR-1
AV-1

Charge Carriers in
Semiconductors

To understand the
White board and
equilibrium
marker or case
distribution
study
of electron and holes,
their
equations,intrinsic
concentration
equation
and fermi level
position

give idea about

electrons motion

Week 2

Lecture 6

The Semiconductor
conductor in equillibrium
(Dopant Atoms and Energy
Levels)

T-1:3.2 P.No 93-97

AV-1

Dopant Atoms and

Energy Levels

To understand the
doping concept II
semiconductors and
ionisation energy
equations

Week 3

Lecture 7

The Semiconductor
conductor in equillibrium
(The Extrinsic
Semiconductor)

T-1:3.3 P.No 99-105

AV-1

The Extrinsic
Semiconductor

To understand the
white board and
concept of
marker
equilibrium
distribution of
electrons
and holes,no po
equation,fermi Dirac
integral equation

Lecture 8

The Semiconductor
conductor in equillibrium
(Statistics of Donors and
Acceptors)

T-1:3.4 P.No. 106110

AV-1

L1Statistics of Donors
and Acceptors and L2
contingency

To understand the
White board and
fermi
marker or case
Dirac probability
study
function and
complete
ionisation ,freeze out
analysis equations

Lecture 9

The Semiconductor
conductor in equillibrium
(Statistics of Donors and
Acceptors)

T-1:3.4 P.No. 106110

AV-1

L1Statistics of Donors
and Acceptors and L2
contingency

To understand the
White board and
fermi
marker or case
Dirac probability
study
function and
complete
ionisation ,freeze out
analysis equations

Week 4

Lecture 10

White board and

marker or peer
learning

Term Paper,Test1

Lecture 11 The Semiconductor

conductor in equillibrium
(Charge Neutrality)

T-1:3.5 P.No 110117

AV-1

Charge Neutrality
condition in thermal
equilibrium

Charge Neutrality
condition in thermal
equilibrium

White board and

marker or
brainstorming

The Semiconductor
conductor in equillibrium
(Position of Fermi Energy
Level)

T-1:3.6 P.No 117123

AV-1

Position of Fermi
Energy
Level

To understand the
mathematical
derivation
to determine the
Fermi
energy level as a
function of doping
concentration

White board and

marker or
brainstorming

Lecture 12 Non Equillibrium Excess

carriers in Semiconductors
(Carrier Drift)

T-1:4.1 P.No 132142

AV-1

Carrier Drift equations

The students will be

able to derive drift
current
density,mobility
effects,conductivity
and
velocity saturation
equations

White board and

marker or peer
learning

use
mathematical
formula

Week 5

Lecture 13 Non Equillibrium Excess

carriers in Semiconductors
(Carrier Diffusion)

T-1:4.2 P.No 147151

OR-1
AV-1

Carrier diffusion
equations

To understand
diffusion
current density
equation
and total current
density

Case study

Non Equillibrium Excess

carriers in Semiconductors
(Graded Impurity
Distribution)

T-1:4.3 P.No 151155

AV-1

Graded Impurity
Distribution

Graded Impurity
Distribution

Case study

Lecture 14 Non Equillibrium Excess

carriers in Semiconductors
(Hall Effect)

T-1:4.4 P.No 155158

AV-1

Hall Effect

To derive
white board and
mathematical
marker
derivation of the Hall
effect

Week 6

Week 7

Lecture 15 Non Equillibrium Excess

carriers in Semiconductors
(Carrier Generation and
Recombination)

T-1:5.1 P.No. 168172

AV-1

Carrier Generation and

Recombination

To understand the
excess carrier
generation and
recombination

brainstorming

Lecture 16 Non Equillibrium Excess

carriers in Semiconductors
(Characteristics of Excess
Carriers)

T-1:5.2 P.No 172175

AV-1

L16 revision of
Characteristics of
Excess
Carriers L17
contingency

To understand the
continuity equation

White board and

marker or Case
study

Lecture 17 Non Equillibrium Excess

carriers in Semiconductors
(Ambipolar Transport)

T-1:5.3 P.No. 175178

RW-1
AV-1

Ambipolar Transport

To understand the
derivation of
ambipolar
transport equation

brainstorming

Non Equillibrium Excess

carriers in Semiconductors
(Excess-Carrier Lifetime)

T-1:5.5 P.No. 196201

RW-1
AV-1

ExcessCarrier Lifetime

To understand the
Shockley read hall
theory of
recombination
and the limits of
extrinsic doping and
low injection

brainstorming

Lecture 18 PN Junction(Basic Structure

of the pn Junction)

T-1:6.1 P.No 216217

AV-1

Basic Structure of the pn Basic Structure of the white board and

pn
marker
Junction
Junction

Lecture 19 PN Junction(Zero Applied

Bias)

T-1:6.2 P.No. 218225

AV-1

Zero Applied Bias

To understand built
in
potential concept,
electric field and
space
charge width

case study

T-1:6.3 P.No 225233

AV-1

Reverse Applied Bias

To understand
junction
capacitance and one
sided junction
characteristics

White board and

marker or
brainstorming

PN Junction(Reverse
Applied Bias)

Week 7

Lecture 19 PN Junction(Nonuniformly
Doped Junctions)

T-1:6.4 P.No 233236

AV-1

Nonuniformly Doped
Junctions

To understand the
concept of linear
graded
junction equation

Lecture 20 PN Junction Diode(pn

Junction Current)

T-1:7.1 P.No 247257

AV-1

pn Junction Current

To get the concept of

qualitative
description
of charge flow in a pn

White board and

marker or Peer
learning

junction and
derivation
of ideal pn junction
current
PN Junction Diode(SmallSignal Model of the pn
Junction)

T-1:7.2 P. No 265268257

AV-1

Small Signal Model of

the pn Junction

Small Signal Model

of
the pn Junction

White board and

marker or case
study

PN Junction Diode
(Generation-Recombination
Currents)

T-1:7.3 P.No 275282

AV-1

L1
GenerationRecombin white board and
GenerationRecombinati ati
marker
o
on Currens
n Currents L2
contingency

Lecture 21 PN Junction Diode(Junction

Breakdown)

T-1:7.4 P.No 283285

AV-1

Junction Breakdown in
PN junction diode

Junction Breakdown White board and

concept
marker or Brain
storming

PN Junction Diode(Charge
Storage and Diode
Transients)

T-1:7.5 P.No 287290

AV-1

Charge Storage and

Diode Transients

Charge Storage and

Diode Transients

PN Junction Diode(The
Tunnel Diode)

T-1:7.6 P.No. 291294

AV-1

The Tunnel Diode

The students will able White board and

marker or case
to understand the
study
concept of tunnelling

MID-TERM
Week 8

Lecture 22 Bipolar Transistor(The

Bipolar Transistor Action)

T-1:9.1 P.No 346355

AV-1

The Bipolar Transistor

Action

To understand the
basic
principle of transistor
operation and current
relations and
distributions

Lecture 23 Bipolar Transistor(Minority

Carrier Distribution)

T-1:9.2 P.No. 355362

AV-1

Minority Carrier
Distribution

To understand
White board and
graphically the
marker or peer
forward
learning
active mode of carrier
distribution

Week 8

Lecture 24 Bipolar Transistor(LowFrequency Common-Base

Current Gain)

T-1:9.3 P.No. 363366

AV-1

LowFrequency
CommonBase Current
Gain

To understand the
concept of
LowFrequency
CommonBase
Current
Gain and its
calculations

Week 9

Lecture 25 Non Ideal Effects(Nonideal

Effects)

T-1:L25--9.4 P.No.
375-390 and L26Contingency

AV-1

L25 discuss the

Nonideal
Effects in transistors
L26
contingency

To understand the
Discussion
concepts of Base
width
modulation,injection,
cu
rrent crowding,non
uniform base doping
and breakdown
voltage

Lecture 26 Non Ideal Effects

(Equivalent Circuit Models)

T-1:9.5 P.No 291299

OR-1
AV-1

Equivalent Circuit
Models

To understand
mathematically
various
Equivalent Circuit
Models of transistor

whide board and

marker

Lecture 27 Non Ideal Effects(Frequency

Limitations)

T-1:9.6 P.No. 400404

OR-1
AV-1

Frequency Limitations

To understand
mathematically the
time
delay factors and
transistor cut off
frequency

White board and

marker or
discussion

T-1:9.7 P.No. 405406

AV-1

Large Signal Switching To understand the

concept of Large
Signal
Switching

T-1:10.1 P.No. 428451

AV-1

L29 the basic

Fundamentals of metal
Oxide Semiconductor
Field Effect Transistor
L30 Contingency

Week 10 Lecture 28 Non Ideal Effects(LargeSignal Switching)

Lecture 29 Fundamentals of metal

Oxide Semiconductor Field
Effect Transistor(The TwoTerminal MOS Structure)

White board and

marker or case
study

peer learning

To understand the
White board and
basic
marker or
Fundamentals of
Simulations
metal
Oxide Semiconductor
Field Effect
Transistor

Lecture 30 Fundamentals of metal

Oxide Semiconductor Field
Effect Transistor
(Capacitance-Voltage
Characteristics)

T-1:10.2 P.No. 452461

OR-1
AV-1

CapacitanceVoltage
Characteristics

To understand ideal
CV
characteristics,
frequency, fixed
oxide
and interface charge
effects

White board and

marker or Peer
learning

Week 11 Lecture 31 Basics of MOSFET(The

Basic MOSFET Operation)

Lecture 32 Basics of MOSFET

(Frequency Limitations)

T-1:L32--10.3 P.No.
461-477 and L33-Contingency

AV-1

The Basic MOSFET

Operation

To understand the
detail
operation of
MOSFET
having current
voltage
relationship analysis
in
all the regions

White board and

marker or Peer
learning

T-1:10.4 P.No. 480484

OR-1
AV-1

Frequency Limitations

To understand the
Frequency
Limitations
concepts

White board and

marker or Peer
learning

Lecture 33
Week 12 Lecture 34 Basics of MOSFET
(Nonideal Effects)

Term Paper,Test2
T-1:11.1 P.No. 502512

Lecture 35 Metal Semiconductor and

Semiconductor
Heterojunctions(Static and
Dynamic Models)

AV-1

Nonideal Effects

To understand the
Nonideal Effects in
MOSFETs

White board and

marker or
Discussion

OR-1
RW-1

Static and Dynamic

Models

To understand the
static
and dynamic models
of
carrier diffusionism

Refer to
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Refer tutorials
from
websites and
discuss

Lecture 36

Term Paper,Test3

Week 13 Lecture 37 Metal Semiconductor and

Semiconductor
Heterojunctions(Rate
Equations)

OR-1
RW-1

Rate Equations

Rate Equations

Lecture 38 Metal Semiconductor and

Semiconductor
Heterojunctions(Numerical
Technique)

OR-1
AV-1

Numerical Technique

Numerical Technique Try to solve all the

numerical
problems to
the previous topics
covered

Lecture 39 Metal Semiconductor and

Semiconductor
Heterojunctions(Equivalent
Circuits)

OR-1
AV-1

Equivalent Circuits

Equivalent Circuits

T-1:13.5 P.No. 625629

OR-1
AV-1

Modeling of LEDs M

Modeling of LEDs M case study

Lecture 41 Metal Semiconductor and

T-1:13.3 P.No. 609Semiconductor
619 and 13.6 P.No.
Heterojunctions(Laser Diode
631-636
Photo-detectors &
Schottkey Diode)

AV-1

Laser Diode
Photodetectors
Schottkey Diode

To understand the
Case study
concepts of Laser
Diode Photodetectors

Week 14 Lecture 40 Metal Semiconductor and

Semiconductor
Heterojunctions(Modeling
of LEDs)

Schottkey Diode

Refer to website
tutorials and
discuss

Week 14 Lecture 42 Metal Semiconductor and

Semiconductor
Heterojunctions(The
Schottky Barrier Diode)

T-1:8.1 P.No. 304319

OR-1
AV-1

The Schottky Barrier

Diode

To understand the
concepts of The
Schottky Barrier
Diode

White board and

marker or peer
learning

SPILL OVER
Week 15 Lecture 43

Spill Over

Lecture 44

Spill Over

Lecture 45

Spill Over

Scheme for CA:

Component

Frequency

Term Paper,Test

Out Of
2

Each Marks Total Marks

3

Total :-

10

20

10

20

Details of Academic Task(s)

AT No.

Objective

Topic of the Academic Task

Nature of Academic Task

(group/individuals/field
work

Evaluation Mode

Allottment /
submission Week

Test1

To test the
conceptual basics
covered

Semiconductor physics and diode

Individual

Numerical and
conceptual skills

3/4

Term Paper1

To familiarise the
new research in
device modelling

The students have to submit one paper based on new research in

any one of the following topics mentioned below

Individual

Viva voice

5 / 12

Test2

Knowledge of
semiconductors
physics

Semiconductor physics and junction diodes

Individual

Numerical and
conceptual

10 / 11

List of suggested topics for term paper[at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper)
Sr. No.

Topic
1 MESFET Modelling
2 Power MOSFETs
3 High speed sensors
4 Laser diodes
5 BSIM models
6 FinFET Devices

7 Quantum computing with solid state devices

8 Solar cells
9 HEMT based transistors
10 LIght Emitting Diodes
11 Gate leakage effects
12 Tunnelling effects in transistors
13 Device tools and implementation
14 Phototransistor
15 SCR Applications