Introductory Semiconductor Device Physics (Paperback, Revised)

ATOMS AND BONDING
The Periodic Table
Ionic Bonding
Covalent Bonding
Metallic bonding
van der Waals Bonding
Start a Database

ENERGY BANDS AND EFFECTIVE MASS
Semiconductors, Insulators and Metals
Semiconductors
Insulators
Metals
The Concept of Effective Mass

CARRIER CONCENTRATIONS IN SEMICONDUCTORS
Donors and Acceptors
Fermi-Level
Carrier Concentration Equations
Donors and Acceptors Both Present

CONDUCTION IN SEMICONDUCTORS
Carrier Drift
Carrier Mobility
Saturated Drift Velocity
Mobility Variation with Temperature
A Derivation of Ohm's Law
Drift Current Equations
Semiconductor Band Diagrams with an Electric Field Present
Carrier Diffusion
The Flux Equation
The Einstein Relation
Total Current Density
Carrier Recombination and Diffusion Length

GUNN DIODE
Domain Formation
The Differential Form of Gauss's Law
Charge Continuity Equation
The Dielectric Relaxation Time
Operation of the TED

P-N JUNCTION
The p-n Junction in Thermal Equilibrium
p-n Junction Barrier Height
Depletion Approximation, Electric Field and Potential
Mathematical Formulation
One-Sided, Abrupt p-n Junction
Applying Bias to the p-n Junction
Qualitative Explanation of Forward Bias
The Ideal Diode Equation
Reverse Breakdown
Depletion Capacitance

LED, PHOTODETECTORS AND SOLAR-CELL
The Light Emitting Diode
Materials for LEDs
Materials for Visible Wavelength LEDs
Junction Photodetectors
Photoconductor
Photoconductive Gain Analysis
Solar-Cell

BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR
Basic Concepts
Basic Structure
Diffusion Capacitance
Current Components
BJT Parameters
Punch-Through
Models of Operation
Two Simple Circuits
HJBT and Polyemitter
Vacuum Microelectronics

FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS
The MOS Diode in Thermal Equilibrium
The MOS Diode with Applied Bias
MOS Diode Band Diagrams
MOSFET
MOSFET Characteristics-Qualitative
MOSFET Characteristics-Quantitative
MOSFET-Depletion Mode
MOSFET Scaling
JFET
JFET Equations

THE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER
The Homojunction Laser
The Double-Heterojunction Laser
The Stripe Laser Diode
Index Guiding
Linewidth Narrowing
The Future

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE QUANTUM THEORY
The Wave-Particle Duality
A Failure of Classical Physics
The Wave Equation
Harmonic Waves
Complex Representation
Schrodinger's Equation
Steady-State Form of the Schrodinger Equation
The Wavefunction
The Particle-in-a-Box
The Quantum-Well Laser

APPENDICES

INDEX