Modern Semiconductor Devices for Integrated Circuits [Hardcover]

For courses in semiconductor devices.

 

Prepare your students for the semiconductor device technologies of today and tomorrow.

 

Modern Semiconductor Devices for Integrated Circuits, First Edition introduces students to the world of modern semiconductor devices with an emphasis on integrated circuit applications. Written by an experienced teacher, researcher, and expert in industry practices, this succinct and forward-looking text is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate students, and serves as a suitable reference text for practicing engineers. 

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Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors 1

1.1 Silicon Crystal Structure 1

1.2 Bond Model of Electrons and Holes 4

1.3 Energy Band Model 8

1.4 Semiconductors, Insulators, and Conductors 11

1.5 Electrons and Holes 12

1.6 Density of States 15

1.7 Thermal Equilibrium and the Fermi Function 16

1.8 Electron and Hole Concentrations 19

1.9 General Theory of