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                      | Detailed information | 
                     
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | 
                      Bachelor's programme Information Electronics 2012W | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      Introduction to the basic concepts of solid state physics with emphasis on semiconductor physics. Preparation for the physics lectures in the Master Curriculum, namely Semiconductor Devices and Optoelectronic Devices.
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                      | Subject | 
                      - binding mechanisms in solids - translational invariant types of lattices - x-ray and electron beam diffraction on crystals - reciprocal lattice - electron band structure in k-space - effective mass - hydrogen-like defects (doping) - density of states - carrier statistics in intrinsic und extrinsic semiconductors - carrier transport by drift and diffusion - generation und recombination - carrier injection - equation of continuity - electrostatics of the p/n-junction 
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      oral exam
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                      | Methods | 
                      blackboard, overhead and powerpoint viewgraphs, demonstration material, script
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                      | Language | 
                      German | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      - Charles Kittel, Einführung in die Festkörperphysik, Oldenburg Verlag 2005 - S. M. Sze, Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology, John Wiley and Sons 2001 - R. Sauer, Halbleiterphysik: Lehrbuch für Physiker und Ingenieure, Oldenbourg München, 2009 
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                     
                      
                    
                     
                    
                    
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