Semiconductors
Semiconductors
From atoms to chips: how silicon becomes logic and power.
Days 1-3 · 9 lessons · 7 h 0 min
Day 1
- ✓From atoms to energy bandsWhy silicon conducts a little, and what a band gap really is.40 min
- ✓Doping, electrons and holesHow a few parts per million of phosphorus or boron turn silicon into n-type or p-type material.40 min
- ✓The p-n junction and diodesThe depletion region, the exponential I-V law, and the diode family you will meet on every board.50 min
Day 2
- ✓Transistors: BJT and MOSFETHow a gate voltage opens a channel, and why MOSFETs run the world.55 min
- ✓CMOS logic: from gates to chipsThe CMOS inverter, dynamic power, memory types and what a 3 nm node actually means.50 min
- ✓How chips are made: wafer fabricationLithography, etch, implant, deposition and CMP, repeated hundreds of times.55 min
Day 3
- ✓Packaging and testWire bonds, flip chips, BGAs, chiplets and the thermal path to the outside world.45 min
- ✓Power semiconductors: Si, SiC and GaNWhy electric vehicles moved to silicon carbide and chargers to gallium nitride.45 min
- ✓The industry map and the jobsEDA, fabless, foundry, IDM, equipment and OSAT, and which roles a two-week learner can target.40 min