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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / FİZ517 - PHYSICS (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: FİZ517 Course Title: SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PHYSICS (MASTER'S DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SEZEN AKSÖZ (sezenaksoz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) SEZEN AKSÖZ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To able to analyze and improve semiconductor devices using the basic semiconductor principles

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Using the fundamental concepts of semiconductors, able to analyze the properties of semiconductor materials and to design semiconductor devices PO-1 Develop, enhance and deepen and obtain creative original definitions by combining current knowledge of the field and critical thinking and research based upon M. Sc. program skill and outcomes
PO-3 Obtain new scientific knowledge and gain higher level of skills in field of search
Examination
Presentation
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The basics of semiconductors, Semiconductor statistics, Transport mechanisms, Generation and recombination processes, p-n junctions, Semiconductor lasers, Semiconductor growth techniques.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The basics of semiconductors Explanation, Question-Answer
2 Band structure and effective mass Explanation, Question-Answer
3 Semiconductor statistics, the density of carriers Explanation, Question-Answer
4 The drift of carriers Explanation, Question-Answer and Solving problem
5 Transport mechanisms Explanation, Question-Answer
6 Scattering mechanisms Explanation, Question-Answer
7 Carrier diffusion Explanation, Question-Answer and Solving problem
8 mid-term exam
9 Measurements of semiconductor properties; resistivity, drift velocity, Hall measurements Explanation, Question-Answer
10 Generation and recombination processes Explanation, Question-Answer
11 Carrier injection, direct, indirect, thermal, Auger, radiative combinations Explanation, Question-Answer
12 Junctions, p-n junctions Explanation, Question-Answer
13 MIS and MOS structures Explanation, Question-Answer
14 Semiconductor lasers Explanation, Question-Answer
15 Semiconductor growth techniques Explanation, Question-Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Semiconductor Physics (K. Seeger)
2 Physical Properties of Semiconductors (C.M. Wolfe, N. Holonyak, G.E. Sillman)
3 Physics of Semiconductor Devices (S. M. Sze, Kwok K. Ng)
Required Course instruments and materials
Semiconductor Physics (K. Seeger), Physical Properties of Semiconductors (C.M. Wolfe, N. Holonyak, G.E. Sillman), Physics of Semiconductor Devices (S. M. Sze, Kwok K. Ng).

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 0 0
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 4 14 56
       e) Term paper/Project 2 14 28
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 8 16
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 2 14 28
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 188