EE 5340 Semiconductor Device Theory Lecture 02 – Spring 2011

1. EE 5340Semiconductor Device TheoryLecture 02 – Spring 2011 Professor Ronald L. Carter ronc@uta.edu http://www.uta.edu/ronc

2. Web Pages • Review the following • R. L. Carter’s web page • www.uta.edu/ronc/ • EE 5340 web page and syllabus • www.uta.edu/ronc/5340/syllabus.htm • University and College Ethics Policies • www.uta.edu/studentaffairs/conduct/ • www.uta.edu/ee/COE%20Ethics%20Statement%20Fall%2007.pdf

3. First Assignment • Send e-mail to ronc@uta.edu • On the subject line, put “5340 e-mail” • In the body of message include • email address: ______________________ • Your Name*: _______________________ • Last four digits of your Student ID: _____ * Your name as it appears in the UTA Record - no more, no less

4. Quantum Concepts • Bohr Atom • Light Quanta (particle-like waves) • Wave-like properties of particles • Wave-Particle Duality

5. Bohr model for the H atom (cont.) En= - (mq4)/[8eo2h2n2] ~ -13.6 eV/n2 * rn= [n2eoh2]/[pmq2] ~ 0.05 nm = 1/2 Ao * *for n=1, ground state

6. 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

7. 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

8. Wave-particle duality • Compton showed Dp = hkinitial - hkfinal, so an photon (wave) is particle-like

9. Wave-particle duality • DeBroglie hypothesized a particle could be wave-like, l = h/p

10. Wave-particle duality • Davisson and Germer demonstrated wave-like interference phenomena for electrons to complete the duality model

11. 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

12. 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)|

13. 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 Total E = E and PE = V. The Kinetic Energy, KE = E - V

14. 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.

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

19. K-P Potential Function*

20. 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

21. 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 valued of LHS bounded by +1 • k = free electron wave # = 2p/l

22. K-P Solutions*

23. K-P E(k) Relationship*

24. Analogy: a nearly-free electr. model • Solutions can be displaced by ka = 2np • Allowed and forbidden energies • Infinite well approximation by replacing the free electron mass with an “effective” mass (noting E = p2/2m = h2k2/2m) of

25. Generalizationsand Conclusions • The symm. of the crystal struct. gives “allowed” and “forbidden” energies (sim to pass- and stop-band) • The curvature at band-edge (where k = (n+1)p) gives an “effective” mass.

26. Silicon BandStructure** • Indirect Bandgap • Curvature (hence m*) is function of direction and band. [100] is x-dir, [111] is cube diagonal • Eg = 1.17-aT2/(T+b) a = 4.73E-4 eV/K b = 636K

27. 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. • M&K = Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits, 3rd ed., by Richard S. Muller, Theodore I. Kamins, and Mansun Chan, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2003.