Fundamentals of Semiconductor Device Modeling and Characterization
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Explore quantum concepts, wave-particle duality, and Schrodinger's equation in semiconductor physics. Includes various potential models and solutions for quantum mechanics. Study materials by Professor Ronald L. Carter.
Fundamentals of Semiconductor Device Modeling and Characterization
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Semiconductor Device Modeling and CharacterizationEE5342, Lecture 1-Spring 2003 Professor Ronald L. Carter ronc@uta.edu http://www.uta.edu/ronc/
Web Pages • Bring the following to the first class • R. L. Carter’s web page • www.uta.edu/ronc/ • EE 5342 web page and syllabus • www.uta.edu/ronc/5342/syllabus.htm • University and College Ethics Policies • www2.uta.edu/discipline/ • www.uta.edu/ronc/5340/COE_EthicsStatement_Fall02.htm
First Assignment • Send e-mail to ronc@uta.edu • On the subject line, put “5342 e-mail” • In the body of message include • email address: ______________________ • Last Name*: _______________________ • First Name*: _______________________ • Last four digits of your Student ID: _____ * As it appears in the UTA Record - no more, no less
Review of • Semiconductor Quantum Physics • Semiconductor carrier statistics • Semiconductor carrier dynamics
Bohr model H atom • Electron (-q) rev. around proton (+q) • Coulomb force, F=q2/4peor2, q=1.6E-19 Coul, eo=8.854E-14 Fd/cm • Quantization L = mvr = nh/2p • En= -(mq4)/[8eo2h2n2] ~ -13.6 eV/n2 • rn= [n2eoh]/[pmq2] ~ 0.05 nm = 1/2 Ao for n=1, ground state
Quantum Concepts • Bohr Atom • Light Quanta (particle-like waves) • Wave-like properties of particles • Wave-Particle Duality
Energy Quanta for Light • Photoelectric Effect: • Tmax is the energy of the electron emitted from a material surface when light of frequency f is incident. • fo, frequency for zero KE, mat’l spec. • h is Planck’s (a universal) constant h = 6.625E-34 J-sec
Photon: A particle-like wave • E = hf, the quantum of energy for light. (PE effect & black body rad.) • f = c/l, c = 3E8m/sec, l = wavelength • From Poynting’s theorem (em waves), momentum density = energy density/c • Postulate a Photon “momentum” p = h/l = hk, h = h/2p wavenumber, k =2p /l
Wave-particle Duality • Compton showed Dp = hkinitial - hkfinal, so an photon (wave) is particle-like • DeBroglie hypothesized a particle could be wave-like, l = h/p • Davisson and Germer demonstrated wave-like interference phenomena for electrons to complete the duality model
Newtonian Mechanics • Kinetic energy, KE = mv2/2 = p2/2m Conservation of Energy Theorem • Momentum, p = mv Conservation of Momentum Thm • Newton’s second Law F = ma = m dv/dt = m d2x/dt2
Quantum Mechanics • Schrodinger’s wave equation developed to maintain consistence with wave-particle duality and other “quantum” effects • Position, mass, etc. of a particle replaced by a “wave function”, Y(x,t) • Prob. density = |Y(x,t)• Y*(x,t)|
Schrodinger Equation • Separation of variables gives Y(x,t) = y(x)• f(t) • The time-independent part of the Schrodinger equation for a single particle with KE = E and PE = V.
Solutions for the Schrodinger Equation • Solutions of the form of y(x) = A exp(jKx) + B exp (-jKx) K = [8p2m(E-V)/h2]1/2 • Subj. to boundary conds. and norm. y(x) is finite, single-valued, conts. dy(x)/dx is finite, s-v, and conts.
Infinite Potential Well • V = 0, 0 < x < a • V --> inf. for x < 0 and x > a • Assume E is finite, so y(x) = 0 outside of well
Step Potential • V = 0, x < 0 (region 1) • V = Vo, x > 0 (region 2) • Region 1 has free particle solutions • Region 2 has free particle soln. for E > Vo , and evanescent solutions for E < Vo • A reflection coefficient can be def.
Finite Potential Barrier • Region 1: x < 0, V = 0 • Region 1: 0 < x < a, V = Vo • Region 3: x > a, V = 0 • Regions 1 and 3 are free particle solutions • Region 2 is evanescent for E < Vo • Reflection and Transmission coeffs. For all E
Kronig-Penney Model A simple one-dimensional model of a crystalline solid • V = 0, 0 < x < a, the ionic region • V = Vo, a < x < (a + b) = L, between ions • V(x+nL) = V(x), n = 0, +1, +2, +3, …, representing the symmetry of the assemblage of ions and requiring that y(x+L) = y(x) exp(jkL), Bloch’s Thm
K-P Static Wavefunctions • Inside the ions, 0 < x < a y(x) = A exp(jbx) + B exp (-jbx) b = [8p2mE/h]1/2 • Between ions region, a < x < (a + b) = L y(x) = C exp(ax) + D exp (-ax) a = [8p2m(Vo-E)/h2]1/2
K-P Impulse Solution • Limiting case of Vo-> inf. and b -> 0, while a2b = 2P/a is finite • In this way a2b2 = 2Pb/a < 1, giving sinh(ab) ~ ab and cosh(ab) ~ 1 • The solution is expressed by P sin(ba)/(ba) + cos(ba) = cos(ka) • Allowed values of LHS bounded by +1 • k = free electron wave # = 2p/l
x x K-P Solutions* P sin(ba)/(ba) + cos(ba) vs.ba
References • *Fundamentals of Semiconductor Theory and Device Physics, by Shyh Wang, Prentice Hall, 1989. • **Semiconductor Physics & Devices, by Donald A. Neamen, 2nd ed., Irwin, Chicago.