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1. What column elements are used as P-type or N-type dopants and why?
2. Describe the valence and conduction bands of a conductor, an insulator,
and a semiconductor.
3. How is a BJT different than a MOSFET?
4. Why is poly commonly used for MOSFET gates?
5. What are some of the trade-offs in choosing channel length, gate oxide thickness, and threshold voltage?
6. How do microprocessor fabrication processes typically scale over time?
7. In addition to simple scaling what are other fabrication technologies to improve transistor performance?
8. Why is Moore’s law so important to the semiconductor industry?
9. [Lab] Measure the current versus voltage of a junction diode. Is the current in reverse bias always zero?
10. [Discussion] What are some of the limits to Moore’s law and ways of addressing these limits? How long will Moore’s law continue? How might electronics continue to evolve after Moore’s law?
2. Describe the valence and conduction bands of a conductor, an insulator,
and a semiconductor.
3. How is a BJT different than a MOSFET?
4. Why is poly commonly used for MOSFET gates?
5. What are some of the trade-offs in choosing channel length, gate oxide thickness, and threshold voltage?
6. How do microprocessor fabrication processes typically scale over time?
7. In addition to simple scaling what are other fabrication technologies to improve transistor performance?
8. Why is Moore’s law so important to the semiconductor industry?
9. [Lab] Measure the current versus voltage of a junction diode. Is the current in reverse bias always zero?
10. [Discussion] What are some of the limits to Moore’s law and ways of addressing these limits? How long will Moore’s law continue? How might electronics continue to evolve after Moore’s law?
