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Changes in ECE 656Engineering Faculty Document No. 52-06 May 10, 2007 TO: The
Faculty of the College of Engineering FROM: The
Faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering RE: ECE 656 Changes in Course
Description, Terms Offered and Content The faculty of the From: ECE 656 – Electronic
Transport in Semiconductors Sem. 1 and 2. (Offered every third semester.) Class 3, Cr. 3. Prerequisite:
ECE 606. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in
satisfying course pre- and co-requisites. A treatment of the microscopic and phenomenological physics of
carrier transport in bulk semiconductors and in semiconductor devices.
The Boltzmann transport equation is introduced as are techniques for solving it
analytically and numerically. The physics of carrier scattering in common
semiconductors is explored. Theoretical treatments of low and high field
transport are compared with measured results. Balance equations are derived as
moments of the Boltzmann Transport Equation and are applied to the analysis of
sub-micron semiconductor devices. Students are expected to be able to apply
elementary concepts of quantum mechanics and solid state physics. To: ECE 656 – Electronic
Transport in Semiconductors Sem. 1, odd years. Class 3, Cr. 3 Prerequisite: ECE 606. Prerequisites by topic: Elementary
quantum mechanics, basic understanding of semiconductor physics and devices The course consists of
three parts. Part 1 focuses on ballistic
(and quasi-ballistic) transport – both semiclassical and quantum. Part 2 focuses on traditional low-field
transport theory based on the Boltzmann Transport Equation. It treats drift-diffusion charge transport as
well as thermoelectric effects (heat flow and temperature gradients) and
galvanomagnetic effects (magnetic and electric fields). Part 3 examines, high-field transport – first in bulk
semiconductors to explain phenomena such as velocity saturation and then in
small devices where electric fields change rapidly and effects such as velocity
overshoot arise. Reason: The course description and content have been changed to reflect the updated content of the course. Mark Smith, Head School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Engineering Faculty Document No. 52-06 May 10, 2007 Page 1 of 1 ECE
656 – Electronic Transport in Semiconductors Required
Text(s): Fundamentals of Carrier Transport, 2nd Edition, Mark Lundstrom, Principal
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