MIT 6.772 / SMA 5.111 LECTURE #5
20 Feb, 2003
Note Title
I. COMMENTS ON QUASI-FERMI LEVELS AND BAND-EDGE GRADIENTS
II. 2-DEG'S AND CONDUCTION PARALLEL TO HETERO-INTERFACES
III. QUANTUM HETEROSTRUCTURES (part 1)
Boston
Singapore
Note: RECITATION NEXT MON PM (TUE AM)
IS FROM 8:30-9:30 PM (9:30-10:30 AM)
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SMALL AMOUNT OF DEPLETION CHARGE
THIN SHEET OF ELECTRONS AT INTERFACE
LIKE AN INVERSION LAYER
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# Inversion layer
This thin sheet of electrons is just like the inversion layer in an MOS structure.
band diagram showing energy levels and Fermi levels
An FET based on the interface carrier sheet:
crosssection of an FET device
Metal gate
N-AlGaAs
P-GaAs
Undoped spacer layer
High mobility electron gas
HEMT
Two-dimensional electron gas
Modulation doping
MODFET
TEGFET
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