Fluctuations in the flow of electricity can encode data, such as analog sensor readings or binary ... energy efficient than purely NMOS or PMOS logic. Semiconductors rely on quantum effects such ...

Semiconductor Physics and Flat Band Potential Semiconductors are materials with electrical properties that lie between those of conductors and insulators. In semiconductors, valence electrons occupy ...

Energy band structures of metal and insulator, Definition of semiconductor, Electrons and holes, and Effective mass. In this module, we will cover carrier statistics. Topics include Currents in ...

Techniques for Band Gap Engineering vary, including doping, the introduction of impurities into a semiconductor to alter its electrical properties; strain engineering, where stress is applied to ...

In this module on metal-semiconductor contacts, we will cover the following topics: Device structure, Equilibrium energy band diagram, Electrostatic analysis, Energy band diagram under bias, ...