Electronic Devices & Practice: Instructor
Electronic Devices & Practice: Instructor
Electronic Devices & Practice: Instructor
Instructor:
Mian Jehanzeb
Email: [email protected]
Cell # 0331-5557755
Course Design, Objective
& Strategy
Designed for students who have a little background
about Electric Circuits and Theory.
The design and content can be altered depending upon
the pace and the feedback of the students
“To introduce the fundamentals of
some of the most common semiconductor devices
used in the modern day electronics”
“Do one thing at a time,
do it very well, and then move on”
Text book
Voltage Multipliers
Chapter 3: Special-Purpose Diodes
Zener diodes and its applications 3 lectures
Varactor and Optical Diodes
Chapter 4: Bipolar Junction Transistors
Transistor basics, structure and parameters
4 lectures
Transistor as an Amplifier and a Switch
Grading Policy
Percentage
Assignments 10 %
Quizzes 10 %
Labs + Project 25 %
Midterm 20 %
Final 35 %
Class Timings
Wednesday
11:00am---12:30pm*
Thursday
11:00am---12:30pm*
* No one is allowed to enter in the class after I’ve started the lecture
Introduction to
Semiconductors
Semiconductors, Conductors
and Insulators
Conductors:
Only one valence electron loosely bonded
Easily conduct electric current when acquire energy
Copper, silver, gold and aluminum
Insulators:
Do not conduct electric current
Valence electrons are tightly bonded to the atom
Available in compounds not as a single element
Semiconductors:
Neither a good conductor nor a good insulator
Has four valence electrons that can acquire
external energy to jump into conduction band
Common elements (Silicon, germanium & carbon)
and Compound elements (Gallium arsenide)
Semiconductors, Conductors
and Insulators
Semiconductor vs. Conductor
This is the movement of Valence electrons from one hole to the other!
Not the conduction electron!
How to increase conductivity in a
Semiconductor?
N Type Semiconductors
Pentavalent impurity with five
valence electrons is added
Arsenic (As), Antimony (Sb),
Phosphorus (P)
Each pentavalent atom forms
four covalent bonds leaving
one electron
Majority Carriers: electrons
Minority Carriers: holes
Donor Atom: Antimony (Sb)
Diode Applications
Final note