Solid State Physics A

Course Information

College	Akashi College	Year	2023
Course Title	Solid State Physics A
Course Code	5427	Course Category	Specialized / Compulsory
Class Format	Lecture	Credits	Academic Credit: 2
Department	Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Course	Student Grade	4th
Term	First Semester	Classes per Week	2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials
Instructor	OHMUKAI Masato

Course Objectives

1) Understand the Schrödinger equation and use it to understand the electronic state within an atom quantitatively.
2) Understand the chemistry of atoms and learn about band theory of solids.
3) Can explain the Hall effect quantitatively.
4) Understand the characteristics of current and voltage of pn junction quantitatively.
5) Can derive the capacity of the depletion region

Rubric

	Ideal Level	Standard Level	Unacceptable Level
Achievement 1	Thoroughly understand the Schrödinger equation and can use it to fully understand the electronic state within an atom quantitatively.	Understand the Schrödinger equation and use it to understand the electronic state within an atom quantitatively.	Do not understand the Schrödinger equation and cannot use it to understand the electronic state within an atom quantitatively.
Achievement 2	Thoroughly understand the chemistry of atoms and know in detail the band theory of solids.	Understand the chemistry of atoms and know the band theory of solids.	Do not understand the chemistry of atoms and do not know the band theory of solids.
Achievement 3	Can explain in detail the Hall effect quantitatively.	Can explain the Hall effect quantitatively.	Cannot explain the Hall effect quantitatively.
	Thoroughly understand the characteristics of current and voltage of pn junction quantitatively.	Understand the characteristics of current and voltage of pn junction quantitatively.	Do not understand the characteristics of current and voltage of pn junction quantitatively.
	Can derive the capacity of the depletion region in detail.	Can derive the capacity of the depletion region.	Cannot derive the capacity of the depletion region.

Teaching Method

Outline:

The role of solids in electronic devices is very crucial. In this lecture, students will learn about the electronic states in solids from the quantum theory that forms the basic theories of electrons, and learn quantitatively about the behavior of electrons in metals and semiconductors from a basic perspective.

Style:

The first part of classes will be taught in a lecture style to explain the outline. Then, each student will self-study. There will be a quiz at the end.

Notice:

Because the class will handle various phenomena qualitatively, a mathematical foundation until the third year is essential. Also, be sure to review each time as new content will keep coming up. This course's content will amount to 90 hours of study in total. These hours include the learning time guaranteed in classes and the standard self-study time required for pre-study / review, and completing assignment reports. Student who fail to get a perfect score in quizzes will be given additional assignment reports.
Students who miss 1/3 or more of classes will not be eligible for a passing grade.

Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning

Active Learning

Applicable to Remote Class

Course Plan

			Theme	Goals
1st Semester
	1st Quarter
		1st	Quantum theory, Schrödinger equation	Understand the wave–particle duality of light and electrons and can derive the Schrödinger equation.
		2nd	Bohr's theory and atomic orbit	Can derive the Bohr's theory and calculate the radius and energy of the orbit. Learn about the types of atomic orbit.
		3rd	Covalent bond and energy band	Learn about the origin of covalent bonds and orbital hybridization, and the energy level becomes a band when many atoms are gathered.
		4th	Electrical conduction, phase velocity and group velocity	Can derive the Drude's theory of electrical conduction, and know the definition of phase velocity and group velocity.
		5th	Dispersion relation and effective mass and brillouin zone	Can derive the effective mass by deriving the dispersion relationship between light and electrons. Understand the concept of electron hole. Learn about the brilluane zone.
		6th	Free electron theory, density of states	Solve the Schrödinger equation to quantize momentum. The density of state of electrons will also calculate.
		7th	Hall effect and electron mobility	Can determine the Hall effect quantitatively, and can calculate the conductivity and the electron mobility from the results of the Hall effect experiment.
		8th	Midterm exam	Score 60 or more marks.
	2nd Quarter
		9th	Carrier statistics in semiconductor I	Can derive the carrier density in a semiconductor quantitatively. Understand the concept of effective density of state.
		10th	Carrier statistics in semiconductor II	Understand the nature of NP products. Learn about that there are three areas of temperature dependency for carrier density.
		11th	Contact between semiconductor and metal	Understand qualitatively that when a semiconductor and metal come into contact, two conditions are achieved.
		12th	Einstein relation	Can derive Einstein relation, which show the relationship between diffusion coefficient and electron mobility. In addition, can derive the formula for a small carrier injection.
		13th	The I-V characteristics of the PN junction	Can derive the I-V characteristics of PN junction quantitatively.
		14th	Capacity of the depletion region.	Can derive quantitatively the capacity of the depletion region in a PN junction, and learn about the method of determining the diffusion potential in experiments.
		15th	Review	Review and organize the content learned so far. Learn about drift transistor if there is time.
		16th	Final exam	Score 60 or more marks.

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

	Examination	Presentation	Mutual Evaluations between students	Behavior	Portfolio	Other	Total
Subtotal	100	0	0	0	0	0	100
Basic Proficiency	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Specialized Proficiency	100	0	0	0	0	0	100
Cross Area Proficiency	0	0	0	0	0	0	0