Electronic Components

Introduction on the subject of microelectronic devices and circuits. Semiconductor Physics: Description of the behavior of electrons in the semiconductor (Si and GaAs) by means of quantum mechanics and equations of Maxwell. Semiconductor devices: Description of physical characteristics and basic provisions (contact pn, BJT, MOSFET). Basic circuits semiconductor devices: Description and operation of basic circuits diodes and transistors

Objectives

Understanding basic physical concepts governing the movement of electrons in a semiconductor. - Ability to export (from fundamental physical principles) of the basic equations governing the current-voltage characteristics of basic semiconductor devices. - Ability to apply the current-voltage models of semiconductor devices in the design practices analog and digital electrical circuits. - Assessment of the effect of different variations of semiconductor devices on the performance of a circuit

Prerequisites

Not Determined

Syllabus

Energy-band structure of semiconductors and connection conductivity. Mechanisms that create and control the concentrations of holes and electrons, the role of impurities. Detailed study of contact pn, phenomena that evolve in it (sliding, diffusion, spatiotemporal evolution operators, law contact) and opening under tension (good-reverse polarization, contact capacity). Solid state diode design and special diodes (LED, light emitting diode, diode Schottky, tunnel diode) and its main circuits (restriction-voltage stabilization, voltage recovery). Principle bipolar transistor contact (pnp, npn). Basic configurations common base and common emitter (input-output characteristic). Bias circuit BJT. Study-contact operating principle field effect transistor (jFET) and transistor metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect (MOSFET, NMOS, PMOS). Introduction to thyristors