Crystallographic properties of semiconductors, physical models of the atom including the Quantum model, atomic structure and periodic table, Energy bands, charge carriers and excess carriers in semiconductors, Fermi-Dirac statistics, Basic semiconductor equations, Optical absorption, Quantitative theory of semiconductor devices: 1.PN Junction diodes, 2. Bipolar Junction Transistors, 3. MOS transistors, including steady state and transient analysis, high frequency properties, charge control model, Special devices such as photo-diodes, Schottky diodes, CCDs, etc..