program

- general presentation of semiconductor materials

- band structures, effective mass

-intrinsic and doped semiconductors at equilibrium

-out of equilibrium semiconductors -  continuity equation – lifetime of minority charge carriers- mechanisms of generation and recombination

- PN junction at equilibrium – bias PN junction  – computation of the current

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