I was trying to think of something profound to say about the test. How it will test your understanding and will be the kind of test where getting a lot of sleep the night before will be really important. But I haven't been able to conjure up the right way to say that yet. Anyway, regarding Wednesday, please come prepared with your questions, and also feel free to ask more questions here.
And as you study your more detailed list of topics remember these essential things:
1. What essential aspect allows a semi-conductor to function as a semi-conductor?
2. What is one essential key thing you need to understand to be able
to understand and model inhomogeneous semi-conductor systems like junctions and FETs?
3. What essential characteristics do metals manifest?
4. Why are some metals weird?
(Normal metal are sometimes unstable. What is the origin of instability.)
Can you post the topics that will be on the final that we have voted on today?
ReplyDeleteI am not sure exactly, but here is a draft list:
Deletebasic semiconductor stuff, illuminated n-p junctions, electron journeys, band bending and depletion, Fermi boundaries, ferromagnetism, structure of graphene, conductivity, other?
Do you think local trap states are something important that we should consider for the final?
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't think so.
DeleteI mean, definitely not.
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