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Semiconductor Properties

Useful information related to semiconductor wafers, resistivity, mobility, impurity doping (diffusion, ion implantation, ion implantation houses), oxide growth, crystal planes, silicon dioxide and nitride films, chemical etching, optoelectronics, contact resistance, and much more!


Calculators & Interactive Graphs

Direct Bandgap Energy Calculator for Ternary Semiconductor Alloys

Crystal Plane Intersection Angle Calculator

Enter the Miller indicies of any two crystal planes to determine the angle between them.

Diffusion Profile Calculator/Graph

Calculate impurity and dopant concentrations at various depths in silicon, gallium arsenide, and other semiconductor substrates for intrinsic diffusion. This calculator includes both constant-total and constant-surface concentration profiles! Interactive graph plots the impurity concentration vs. substrate depth or diffusion profile for various input parameters such as annealing temperature and time.

Impact Ionization or Ionization Breakdown Gain and Coefficient Calculator

Given an electric field, you can calculate the Breakdown Coefficients along with the gain in Silicon, Indium Phosphide, and Gallium Arsenide semiconductors.


Ion Implantation Profile Calculator/Graph

Calculate the ion concentration at various depths in different substrates for Arsenic, Boron, and Phosphorous. Interactive graph plots the impurity concentration vs. substrate depth for different substrates, dopants, ion energies, and ion doses.

Metal-Semiconductor Contact Barrier Height and Depletion Layer Width Calculator

Calculates energy barrier height and depletion layer width for any combination of over 70 metals and 8 semiconductors.

Oxide Growth Time Calculator

Input the initial and desired thickness, temperature, crystal orientation, and environment to calculate the oxide growth time.

Oxide Thickness Calculator

Enter the initial thickness, temperature, crystal orientation, environment, and time to determine final thickness of thermally grown oxide on Si.

Projected Range & Straggle Calculator

Calculate the projected range and straggle for ion implantation of various dopants, substrates, and ionization energies.

PN Junction Property Calculator

Calculates depletion layer width, built-in voltage, maximum field, and depletion capacitance for pn junctions in 4 different semiconductors and with 2 different doping profiles.

Resistivity & Mobility Calculator/Graph

Calculate the mobility and resistivity of silicon for different doping concentrations of Arsenic, Boron, and Phosphorous. Interactive graph plots resistivity vs. impurity concentration for selected dopants.


Charts

Color Chart

Determines the visible color for silicon dioxide and nitride films given the film thickness and viewing angle.


General Information

Universal Physical Constants

A reference to electromagnetic, atomic, physico-chemical, x-ray and general physical constants. The constant values listed are the CODATA 2003 recommended values accepted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Everything Wafers

This guide contains information on the various characteristics and properties of semiconductor wafers including: crystallographic information on silicon and other semiconductors, metallurgical fabrication tutorials, wafer quality descriptions, and Industry standards. Wafer providers, processing centers, a glossary and other various educational information.

Cleanroom Sizes

A simple guide to understanding the sizes used in the BYU cleanroom.

Definitions

Definitions of photolithography and other cleanroom terms

N-MOS Transistor Tutorial

An easy to follow tutorial on the fabrication of an N-MOS Transistor.

Thermal Properties of Pure Metals

This table shows thermal properties for various metals.

Coefficients of Thermal Expansion for various Semiconductor Materials

This table shows the CTE for various common semiconductor materials.

Thin Film Evaporation Reference

This guide tabulates properties of common thin film materials including density, Z-ratio, melting point, vapor pressures. Preferred evaporation methods and crucible liners are also collected.

Measuring Contact Resistance

Instructions on how to measure metal-semiconductor contact resistance using the transmission line method (TLM).

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