This comprehensive introduction to the elementary theory and properties of semiconductors describes the basic physics of semiconductor materials and technologies for fabrication of semiconductor devices. Addresses approaches to modeling and provides details of measurement techniques. It also includes numerous illustrative examples and graded problems.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
BASIC PHYSICS

· Review of Atomic Structure and Statistical Mechanics

· Crystalline Solids and Energy Bands

FUNDAMENTALS OF SEMICONDUCTORS

· Semiconductor Materials and Their Properties

· Carrier Transport in Semiconductors

· Excess Carriers in Semiconductors

JUNCTIONS AND INTERFACES

· p-n Junctions

· Static I-V Characteristics of p-n Junction Diodes

· Electrical Breakdown in p-n Junctions

· Dynamic Behavior of p-n Junction Diodes

· Majority Carrier Diodes

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

· Microwave Diodes

· Optoelectronic Devices

· Bipolar Junction Transistors I: Fundamentals

· Bipolar Junction Transistors II: Devices

· Junction and Metal-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors

· MOS Transistors and Charge-Coupled Devices

· Circuit Models for Transistors

· Power Rectifiers and Thyristors

SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY AND MEASUREMENTS

· Technology of Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits

· Semiconductor Measurements