King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals
Physics Department
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PHYS 203
Electrical and
Magnetic Properties of Materials
Fall 2000 (Term 001)
Instructors:
Dr., N. Tabet, Coordinator, Office: 6/146
Dr M. Faiz, Office:
6/232
Dr.
M. Al-Kuhaili , Offfice 6/259C
1. Course description:
The course material includes the following topics: Concepts of Modern Physics: photons, electronic structure of isolated atoms; Atoms and bonding, crystal
structures; energy bands in solids, insulators, semiconductors and
conductors; electrons and holes in semiconductors, drift and diffusion, mobility,
recombination and lifetime, conductivity;
PN junctions, I(V) characteristics, Fabrication Technology,
applications; Bipolar transistor, Field Effect Transistors; Optoelectronics: Lasers, photodetectors, Light Emitting diodes, Solar-cells.
2. Prerequisite: PHYS 102
3. Textbook: Kanaan Kano: "Semiconductor
Devices", Prentice Hall, 1998
Additional references:
Greg Parker , Introductory Semiconductor Device Physics
, Prentice Hall, 1994
Ben G. Streetman:
"Solid State Electronic Devices", Prentice Hall, 4th Edition,
1995
4. Grading
policy:
Quizzes: 20%
Major 1: 20%
Major 2: 20%
Final Exam:
40%
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Period |
Saturday |
Monday |
Wednesday
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09:00-10:50
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6/ 232 |
6/232 |
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232 |
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09:00-10:50 |
6/ 259C |
6/259C |
6/
259C |
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03:20-05:10
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6/ 146 |
6/
146 |
6/
146 |
Physics 203 Lecture Schedule
Fall 2000
(Term 001)
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Date
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Topics
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Chapter |
Sections |
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03 Sept. 13-Sept. |
Concepts in Modern Physics: Atomic
Structure and Quantum Mechanics |
01 |
1-8 |
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Saturday 16 Sept. 2000 - Last
day for dropping
courses without permanent
record
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16 20 Sept. |
Energy bands and current
carriers in Semiconductors |
02 |
1-3 5-8 |
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23-27 Sept. |
Intrinsic and Extrinsic semiconductors
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03 |
1-8 |
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30 Sept.-11 Oct. |
Carrier Processes:
Drift, Diffusion and Generation-Recombination |
04 |
1-12 |
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Saturday 14 Oct. 2000 First Major Exam (Chapters 1 4) 6:00
8:00 PM
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14- 22. Oct |
The p-n Junction |
5 |
1-4 |
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Wednesday 18 Oct. 2000 - Last day for dropping courses with grade
of "W"
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Sunday 22 Oct. Normal Saturday Classes
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Mid-Semester Break (23 25 October 2000)
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28 Oct. 1 Nov. |
Fabrication Technology |
6 |
1-5 |
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04-08 Nov. |
Limitations to the Ideal
Diode Theory |
7 |
1-4 |
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Wednesday 08 Nov. 2000 - Last day for withdrawal from all courses
with grade of "W"
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11-22 Nov. |
Bipolar Transistors |
08 |
1-10 |
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Saturday 25 Nov. 2000 Second Major Exam (Chapters 5 - 8) 6:00 8:00 PM
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25-29 Nov. |
Junction Field Effect
Transistors |
10 |
1-4 |
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02-13 Dec. |
Optoelectronics: LED, Photodetectors, solar
cells, |
14 |
1-5 |
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Eid al-Fitr Vacation (16
30 December 2000)
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1-3 Jan. 01. |
Optoelectronics (cont):
Semiconductor Lasers, fiber optic communications |
14 |
1-5 |
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6-16 Jan. 2001 Final
Exam
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Wish you a successful semester.
Dr. N. Tabet, Coordinator