Physical electronics
7.5 ECTS creditsTheory:
- Survey of the crystal structure and electronic band structure of common semiconductors
- The properties of semiconductors: Distribution of electrons and holes, Fermi level, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, doping, charge transport, conductivity, generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs
- The p-n junction, the p-n diode
- Metal-semiconductor junctions, Schottky diodes, ohmic contacts, semiconductor hetereojunctions
- The bipolar transistor
- The MOSFET transistor
- Semiconductor-based solar cells: Structure, function, manufacturing, types of defects, efficiency
- The role of solar cells for sustainable development, effects on energy systems, and changes over time
- Future advanced solar cell concepts
Laboratory work
- Hall effect
- Electrical characterisation of a number of semiconductor components, for example transistors
- Survey of the crystal structure and electronic band structure of common semiconductors
- The properties of semiconductors: Distribution of electrons and holes, Fermi level, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, doping, charge transport, conductivity, generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs
- The p-n junction, the p-n diode
- Metal-semiconductor junctions, Schottky diodes, ohmic contacts, semiconductor hetereojunctions
- The bipolar transistor
- The MOSFET transistor
- Semiconductor-based solar cells: Structure, function, manufacturing, types of defects, efficiency
- The role of solar cells for sustainable development, effects on energy systems, and changes over time
- Future advanced solar cell concepts
Laboratory work
- Hall effect
- Electrical characterisation of a number of semiconductor components, for example transistors
Progressive specialisation:
A1N (has only first鈥恈ycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Master's level
Admission requirements
45 ECTS credits in Physics, including Quantum Physics I, 7.5 ECTS credits, Electromagnetic Field Theory, 7.5 ECTS credits, and Solid State Physics, 7.5 ECTS credits, plus 30 ECTS credits in Mathematics, and upper secondary level English 6, or equivalent
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Master of Science in Engineering Physics (studied during year 4)
- Master's Programme in Physics - Nanomaterials (studied during year 1)
- Master's Programme in Physics - Theoretical physics (studied during year 2)