Nowadays electronic devices have tremendous impact on our society and daily life. This is driven by the development of semiconductor technology during the last century. Several Nobel prizes and prestigious awards have been given to physicists, engineers, and chemists who contributed to the breakthrough understanding and development of the science and technology of semiconductors. However, existing Silicon based technology is reaching a bottle-neck, and new materials and device concept are developing for the next generation devices that required supper high-efficiency and low-power consumption.

This course will provide the students an overview of the development of semiconductor devices. Several important semiconductor physics and prototypical devices will be introduced. It is followed by the discussions of the limitations of existing technology. Emphasis will be put on the discussions of the state-of-the-art materials and device concept for the next generation semiconductor devices.