Semiconductor p-n junctions and metal semiconductor junctions.

30 Setembro 2019, 14:00 • José Figueiredo

Formation of a p-n junction. Drift and diffusion currents. Construction of a band diagram of a p-n junction. Contact potential. I-V characteristic of a p-n reverse biased and forward biased.  Reverse bias breakdown. Schottky contacts. Brief discussion of the Schottky diodes. Ohmic contacts.

(Biblio: chapters 3-5 of Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Materials, Second Edition, Pradeep Fulay and Jung-Kun Lee, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 2017.)