The course aims to 2nd year physics students. It introduces the basic concepts of solid state physics, the properties of semiconductors and the methods of semiconductor growth and processing. It explains the realization and operation of fundamental microelectronics and optoelectronics semiconductor devices (diode, transistor, laser diode, LED, photodiode), which constitute the underlying technology of the modern information and telecommunication systems.
Introduction to Semiconductors: Kinds of solid state materials, chemical bonds and electrical properties, families of semiconductors and their applications, energy bands and bandgap, the free electron and hole carriers, donor and acceptor dopants, n-type and p-type conductivity.
Physics of carriers: Fermi-Dirac statistics, Fermi level, effective densities of states, distribution and concentrations of carriers at thermal equilibrium, dependence on donor and acceptor concentrations and temperature, drift and diffusion currents, generation-recombination, absorption and emission of photons.
Techniques of semiconductor growth and device processing: Crystal growth and epitaxial growth, Czochralski methods for Si and GaAs, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), metallorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE), device fabrication processes, photolithography, kinds of photoresists, fabrication of metallic patterns with the lift-off or etching methods.
Semiconductor devices and integrated circuits: Energy band diagrams of semiconductor devices, pn junction, built-in electric field, rectification behavior, operation of LED, photodiode and solar cell, fabrication and operation of laser diode, the FET transistors, fabrication and operation of GaAs MESFET, introduction to dimensions, speed and fabrication of integrated circuits.
The courses of the Computer Science Department are designated with the letters "CS" followed by three decimal digits. The first digit denotes the year of study during which students are expected to enroll in the course; the second digit denotes the area of computer science to which the course belongs.
First Digit
Advised Year of Enrollment
1,2,3,4
First, Second, Third and Fourth year
5,6
Graduate courses
7,8,9
Specialized topics
Second Digit
Computer Science Area
0
Introductory - General
1
Background (Mathematics, Physics)
2
Hardware Systems
3
Networks and Telecommunication
4,5
Software Systems
6
Information Systems
7
Computer Vision and Robotics
8
Algorithms and Theory of Computation
9
Special Projects
The following pages contain tables (one for each course category) summarizing courses offered by the undergraduate studies program of the Computer Science Department at the University of Crete. Courses with code-names beginning with "MATH" or "PHYS" are taught by the Mathematics Department and Physics Department respectively at the University of Crete.
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