Semiconductor Devices, 2nd Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 28. July 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7487-7382-4 (ISBN)
Description
Since its inception, the Tutorial Guides in Electronic Engineering series has met with great success among both instructors and students. Designed for first and second year undergraduate courses, each text provides a concise list of objectives at the beginning of every chapter, key definitions and formulas highlighted in margin notes, and references to other texts in the series.
Semiconductor Devices begins with a review of the necessary basic background in semiconductor materials and what semiconductor devices are expected to do, that is, their typical applications. Then the author explains, in order of increasing complexity, the main semiconductor devices in use today, beginning with p-n junctions in their various forms and ending with integrated circuits. In doing so, he presents both the "band" model and the "bond" model of semiconductors, since neither one on its own can account for all device behavior. The final chapter introduces more recently developed technologies, particularly the use of compound instead of silicon semiconductors, and the improvement in device performance these materials make possible.
True to the Tutorial Guides in Electronic Engineering series standards, Semiconductor Devices offers a clear presentation, a multitude of illustrations, and fully worked examples supported by end-of-chapter exercises and suggestions for further reading. This book provides an ideal introduction to the fundamental theoretical principles underlying the operation of semiconductor devices and to their simple and effective mathematical modelling.
Semiconductor Devices begins with a review of the necessary basic background in semiconductor materials and what semiconductor devices are expected to do, that is, their typical applications. Then the author explains, in order of increasing complexity, the main semiconductor devices in use today, beginning with p-n junctions in their various forms and ending with integrated circuits. In doing so, he presents both the "band" model and the "bond" model of semiconductors, since neither one on its own can account for all device behavior. The final chapter introduces more recently developed technologies, particularly the use of compound instead of silicon semiconductors, and the improvement in device performance these materials make possible.
True to the Tutorial Guides in Electronic Engineering series standards, Semiconductor Devices offers a clear presentation, a multitude of illustrations, and fully worked examples supported by end-of-chapter exercises and suggestions for further reading. This book provides an ideal introduction to the fundamental theoretical principles underlying the operation of semiconductor devices and to their simple and effective mathematical modelling.
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7487-7382-4 (9780748773824)
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Content
SEMICONDUCTORS AND APPLICATIONS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Semiconductor Materials
Typical Applications of Semiconductor Devices
p-n JUNCTION DIODES
The Silicon p-n Junction
Current Flow in Semiconductors
The p-n Junction in Equilibrium
Current through a p-n Junction
Further Comments on the Current through a p-n Junction
Transition Region Width and Capacitance
Breakdown Diodes
Band-Gap Diodes
Recombination and Generation in p-n Junctions
Solar Cells and Photodiodes
Charge Storage and Diffusion Capacitance
Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit of a Diode
Metal-Silicon Junctions and Schottky Diodes
SPICE
Summary
FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS
The Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)
Theoretical Characteristics of a JFET
Metal Oxide Silicon Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)
Theoretical Characteristics of a MOSFET
The Formation of the Channel and the Threshold Voltage
The Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit
Summary
BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS
The Principles of the Operation of the Bipolar Transistor
The Hybrid pi Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit
Practical Design Considerations
The Dependence of fT and Beta on the D.C. Collector Current
The Bipolar Transistor as a Switch
Thyristors
Summary and SPICE Parameters for Bipolar Transistors
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Introduction
Silicon Integrated Circuits Based on Bipolar n-p-n Transistors
The Processing Steps
p-n-p Transistors
Diodes
Resistors
Capacitors
Schottky Diodes
MOSDETs in Silicon Integrated Circuits
Charge-Coupled Devices
Summary and Conclusion
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Introduction
III-V Compounds
The Gallium Arsenide MESFET
Ternary and Quaternary Compound Semiconductors
Light-Emitting Diodes
Heterojunction LEDs
Semiconductor Lasers
Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
Summary
APPENDICES
The Carrier Distributions through a BJT in the Active Region of Operation
List of Symbols; Physical Constants, and Other Data
Semiconductor Materials
Typical Applications of Semiconductor Devices
p-n JUNCTION DIODES
The Silicon p-n Junction
Current Flow in Semiconductors
The p-n Junction in Equilibrium
Current through a p-n Junction
Further Comments on the Current through a p-n Junction
Transition Region Width and Capacitance
Breakdown Diodes
Band-Gap Diodes
Recombination and Generation in p-n Junctions
Solar Cells and Photodiodes
Charge Storage and Diffusion Capacitance
Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit of a Diode
Metal-Silicon Junctions and Schottky Diodes
SPICE
Summary
FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS
The Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)
Theoretical Characteristics of a JFET
Metal Oxide Silicon Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)
Theoretical Characteristics of a MOSFET
The Formation of the Channel and the Threshold Voltage
The Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit
Summary
BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS
The Principles of the Operation of the Bipolar Transistor
The Hybrid pi Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit
Practical Design Considerations
The Dependence of fT and Beta on the D.C. Collector Current
The Bipolar Transistor as a Switch
Thyristors
Summary and SPICE Parameters for Bipolar Transistors
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Introduction
Silicon Integrated Circuits Based on Bipolar n-p-n Transistors
The Processing Steps
p-n-p Transistors
Diodes
Resistors
Capacitors
Schottky Diodes
MOSDETs in Silicon Integrated Circuits
Charge-Coupled Devices
Summary and Conclusion
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Introduction
III-V Compounds
The Gallium Arsenide MESFET
Ternary and Quaternary Compound Semiconductors
Light-Emitting Diodes
Heterojunction LEDs
Semiconductor Lasers
Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
Summary
APPENDICES
The Carrier Distributions through a BJT in the Active Region of Operation
List of Symbols; Physical Constants, and Other Data