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KMENT14NEC

Exams questions!
1. Describe the mechatronics and the MtM initiative, explain their connection!!
2. Show the types of the crystal structures, give the applicable descriptive parameters and define
their connections!!
3. Show the materials dual character and the experiments leading to this theory!!
4. Describe the electron structure of materials, give the descriptive parameters. Compare the
Bohr-Sommerfeld and the quantum mechanical models!!
5. Describe the band structure of semiconductor materials, compare the intrinsic and extrinsic
ones! Describe the temperature dependence of the carrier concentration of extrinsic
semiconductor!!
6. Introduce the generation and the recombination! Explain the continuity equation and its
connection with the diffusion and drift currents!!
7. Describe the Hall-effect and the material investigation process based on that!!
8. Describe the structure of the p-n junction, its band diagram at different bias conditions, give the
equilibrium condition! Sketch the ideal and real current-voltage characteristic!!
9. Sketch the structure of the bipolar transistor and describe its work regimes!!
10. Show the structure of the MOS capacitor and the band diagrams at the different work
conditions! Define the condition of the deep inversion! Show the possible current carrying
possibilities at the MOS structures!!
11. Sketch the MOS transistor, describe its work regimes!!
12. Describe the Schottky diode and the MESFET transistor!!
13. Sketch the LED structure, explain its working process and give the connection between its
material and the wavelength of the emitted light!!
14. What is the work condition of the lasers? Sketch and explain the structure and band diagram of
a semiconductor laser!!
15. Describe the light sensing semiconductor devices!!
16. Describe the different types of the solar cells, explain the connection between the volume of
obtainable energy and the applied semiconductor material!!
17. Explain the manufacturing of a Si wafer starting from the natural raw materials (SiO2 and C)!!
18. Explain the manufacturing of the GaAs wafer starting from the pure As and Ga!!
19. What is the thin film, how could it applied? Which methods are used to produce it and what are
the steps of the layer formation?!
20. Define the epitaxial layer, show its production methods!!
21. Explain the methods applied to produce epitaxial layers of compound semiconductors!!
22. Describe the thermal oxidation of Si! (Applied equipment, the different regimes, the characters
and structure of the grown oxide).!
23. Describe the CVD process and the applied equipments! Show some characteristic examples
(the produced layers and the applied chemical reactions)!!
24. Describe the ALD process and its benefits!!
25. Explain the different PVD methods and compare them!!
26. Describe the process of Al contact manufacturing, show its reliability problem and how could it
be avoided?!
27. Show the role of the lithography, its basic steps and versions! Categorize the lithography based
on different the beam sources!!
28. What kind of resolution enhancement methods are applied in the semiconductor technology?
Shortly introduce them!!
29. Sketch the E-beam lithography equipment, describe the benefits of the applied method!!
30. Describe the etching methods!!
31. Describe the doping processes, compare the resulting doping profiles!

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