Semiconductor Devices

A mainstream, semiconductor device book which will appeal to the entire market. This text motivates students by striking a balance in orientation between a strong physics and a strong applications approach. This book has a unique chapter on the fabrication of devices; integrates a wealth of illustrations and pictorial representations; and contains an extensive discussion and analysis of the MOSFET because of its universal application in digital circuits.
This text motivates students by striking a balance in orientation between a strong physics and a strong applications approach. The author also has a unique chapter on fabrication absent in the other major books, and puts less of an emphasis on lasers and microwaves. The book de-emphasizes some difficult concepts in Quantum Mechanics as well as the complex mathematics that is used in applying these concepts. Readers are introduced to the steps in the fabrication of devices to make the operation and construction of each device more real.

Features

Integrates a wealth of illustrations and pictorial representations to better explain certain concepts or the principles of operation of devices.
Presents material in shorter, more manageable sections for ease of comprehension.
Exposes readers to the steps in the fabrication of devices to make the operation and construction of each device more real and meaningful to readers.
Provides an extensive discussion and analysis of the MOSFET because of its universal application in digital circuits.
Devotes an entire chapter to optoelectronics and includes a small section on fiber optic communication.
De-emphasizes some difficult concepts in Quantum Mechanics as well as the complex mathematics that is used in applying these concepts.
Each chapter contains two sections that consist of review questions, highlights, and exercises to help students fully understand the material presented.

Contents

Atomic Structure and Quantum Mechanics.
Energy Bands and Current Carriers in Semiconductors.
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors.
Carrier Processes: Drift, Diffusion and Generation - Recombination.
The PN Junction Diode.
Fabrication Technology.
Limitations to Ideal Diode Theory.
Bipolar Transistors I: Characteristics and First Order Model.
Bipolar Transistors II: Limitations, Switching and Models.
Junction Field-Effect Transistors.
Metal-Semiconductor Junctions and Devices.
Metal-Oxide-Silicon Systems.
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor.
Optoelectronics.
Appendix A: Units.
Appendix B: Physical Constants and Factors.
Appendix C: The Density of States N(E).
Appendix D: Einstein Relation.
Appendix E: Frequently Used Symbols.