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Jack Baskin School of EngineeringUC Santa Cruz

EE 178


This course reviews the fundamental principles, device's materials, and
design and introduces the operation of several semiconductor devices.
Topics include the motion of charge carriers in solids, equilibrium
statistics, the electronic structure of solids, doping, the pn
junction, the junction transistor, the Schottky diode, the field-effect
transistor, the light-emitting diode, and the photodiode.
Prerequisite(s): courses 145/L and 171/L. Enrollment restricted to
School of Engineering and Division of Physical and Biological Sciences
majors or permission of instructor. C. Gu, K. Pedrotti

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