Text: Physics of Solid State Electronic Devices, 5th Ed, Streetman and Banerjee
Supplementary: Christman, Mermin & Ashcroft, etc.
Mathematical formulae: Dwight (QA310.D5), Prudnikov (QA308.P7813)

Exams: (3-4 problems) open notes (only your own)
Grades: approximately 50% homework problems and 50% exams

Problem solutions are due Friday at noon of the week they are assigned.
Extra credit might be given for any extra problems solved according to the difficulty of the problem.

date	chapter	topics, main themes covered in lectures	problems due
Aug 18	1	Overview, Properties of crystals	1.6, 11
Aug 25	2	Basic Quantum Mechanics	2.6, 9, 10
Sept 1	3	Carrier energy bands and carrier dynamics	3.3, 5, 8
Sept 8	3	Carrier thermal populations	3.11, 14, 16
Sept 15	4	Excess carriers: optical absorption	4.3, 4, 11
Sept 22	4	Carrier diffusion and current	4.14, 19
Sept 29	5	Junctions Band bending and contact potential	5.8, 9, 11
Oct 7	5	p-n junctions and minority carriers	5.17, 22, 35, 38
Oct 21	6	MOS-FETs and J-FETs	6.6, 8, 13
Oct 27	6	FET device characteristics	6.22, 24, 28
Nov 4	7	Bipolar junction transistors	7.3, 12, 16, 22
Nov 11	8	Optically active devices	8.3, 9, 11, 12
Nov 26		Final Exam