Electronics : Semiconductor - A thorough understanding
What you'll learn
- Understand the fundamentals of Semiconductors.
- Learn the Energy Band concept.
- Classify materials w.r.t. Energy Band concept.
- Learn about Direct band gap and Indirect band gap Semiconductors.
- Learn Intrinsic semiconductor : Fundamentals,Theory and Problems.
- Understand Extrinsic Semiconductor : Fundamentals, Concept of Doping, P-type and N-type Semiconductor.
- Learn the concept of Drift velocity, Free-path, Mobility.
- Understand the relation among current density, mobility and conductivity.
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of science
- Fundamental ideas of current, voltage and electric field
- High school mathematics
Description
Learn the fundamentals of Semiconductors and take the first leap to the world of Electronics. This course will be very helpful for students with great interest towards science and especially electronics. Finally ,the course is so designed that if anyone goes from lecture 1 to last lecture the entire subject can be thoroughly understood easily. So lets have a highlight of the entire course quickly-
Learn the basics of Semiconductors.
Which materials are used as Semiconductors.
Energy Band concept and classification of materials w.r.t. this concept.
Thorough discussion on Intrinsic and Extrinsic semiconductors.
Detailed discussion on fermi dirac distribution and fermi level. It is a very important concept and help students to further clarify the understanding of semiconductors.
Thorough discussion on electron concentration with mathematical expressions.
Thorough discussion on hole concentration with mathematical expressions.
Quiz questions have also been included for clarifying concepts.
Discussion on thermal equilibrium and Mass action law for intrinsic semiconductors.
Concept of intrinsic carrier concentration and derivation of its mathematical expression.
Identification of Fermi level for an intrinsic semiconductor.
Relation among drift velocity, current density and conductivity for a semiconductor material.
Discussion on frequently asked questions regarding Semiconductors.
Detailed discussion on the topic will help students to crack different competitive examinations.
Who this course is for:
- The course is for those who love electronics and love to explore the world of electronics
Instructor
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
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- 47,826 Students
- 8 Courses
Hi, I am Sumanta Kumar Pal,Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and communication engineering.I have some teaching experience while I was in college and then I joined the Control and Instrumentation department of a Power Plant in India and I have an experience of more than 10 years in this field.I have much interest in analog circuit designing and my courses on
1) Zener Diode and LEDs
2) Semiconductor
3) Diodes
will be extremely interesting for students with basic and intermediate knowledge of science.I love learning and I love teaching too.