Course Code: GAPHT121
Course Name: Physics for Information Science
Course prerequisite: None
Course Objectives:
- To provide students a solid background in the fundamentals of Physics and to impart that knowledge in information science disciplines. The course is designed to develop scientific attitudes and enable the students to correlate the concepts of Physics with the core
- To make the students gain practical knowledge to correlate the theoretical studies and to develop practical applications of engineering.
Course Outcome
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Explain the conductivity and superconductivity
- Describe the behaviour of matter in the atomic and subatomic level through the principles of quantum mechanics.
- Apply the fundamentals of semiconductor Physics in engineering.
- Describe the behaviour of semiconductor materials in semiconductor devices.
Curriculum
- 3 Sections
- 7 Lessons
- 2 Weeks
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- MODULE 1-ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITYFree electron theory-electrical conductivity-enrgy bands-Types of materials-Fermi energy3
- Module 3 -SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICSSemiconductor Physics Intrinsic semiconductor, Intrinsic carrier concentration, Variation of Intrinsic carrier concentration with temperature, Extrinsic semiconductor (qualitative) Formation of p-n junction, Fermi level in semiconductors-intrinsic and extrinsic, Energy band diagram of p-n junction - Qualitative description of charge flow across a p-n junction - Forward and reverse biased p-n junctions, I-V Characteristics of p-n junction3
- Module-2 Quantum MechanicsIntroduction, Concept of uncertainty and conjugate observables (qualitative), Uncertainty principle (statement only), Application of uncertainty principle- Absence of electron inside nucleus - Natural line broadening, Wave function – properties - physical interpretation, Formulation of time dependent and time independent Schrodinger equations, Particle in a one- dimensional box - Derivation of energy eigen values and normalized wave function, Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling (Qualitative)1
