Solid State Electronic Devices 6th edition

Solid State Electronic Devices Description

Solid State Electronic Devices 6 Edition 1       CRYSTAL PROPERTIES AND GROWTH OF SEMICONDUCTORS.  Semiconductor Materials. Periodic Structures. Crystal Lattices. Cubic Lattices. Planes and Directions. The Diamond Lattice. Bulk Crystal Growth. Starting Materials. Growth of Single Crystal Ingots. Wafers. Doping. Epitaxial Growth. Lattice Matching in Epitaxial Growth. Vapor-Phase Epitaxy. Molecular Beam Epitaxy.   2     ATOMS AND ELECTRONS. Introduction to Physical Models. Experimental Observations. The Photoelectric Effect. Atomic Spectra. The Bohr Model. Quantum Mechanics. Probability and the Uncertainty Principle. The Schrdinger Wave Equation. Potential Well Problem.     Tunneling. Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table. The Hydrogen Atom. The Periodic Table.   3     ENERGY BANDS AND CHARGE CARRIERS IN SEMICONDUCTORS. Bonding Forces and Energy Bands in Solids. Bonding Forces in Solids. Energy Bands. Metals, Semiconductors, and Insulators. Direct and Indirect Semiconductors. Variation of Energy Bands with Alloy Composition. Charge Carriers in Semiconductors. Electrons and Holes. Effective Mass. Intrinsic Material. Extrinsic Material. Electrons and Holes in Quantum Wells. Carrier Concentrations. The Fermi Level. Electron and Hole Concentrations at Equilibrium. Temperature Dependence of Carrier Concentrations. Compensation and Space Charge Neutrality. Drift of Carriers in Electric and Magnetic Fields. Conductivity and Mobility. Drift and Resistance. EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND DOPING ON MOBILITY. High-Field Effects. The Hall Effect. Invariance of the Fermi Level at Equilibrium.   4     EXCESS CARRIERS IN SEMICONDUCTORS. Optical Absorption. Luminescence. Photoluminescence. Electroluminescence. Carrier Lifetime and Photoconductivity. Direct Recombination of Electrons and Holes. Indirect Recombination; Trapping. Steady State Carrier Generation; Quasi-Fermi Levels. Photoconductive Devices. Diffusion of Carriers. Diffusion Processes. Diffusion and Drift of Carriers; Built-in Fields. Diffusion and Recombination; The Continuity Equation. Steady State Carrier Injection; Diffusion Length. The Haynes-Shockley Experiment. Gradients in the Quasi-Fermi Levels.   5     JUNCTIONS. Fabrication of p-n Junctions. Thermal Oxidation. Diffusion. Rapid Thermal Processing. Ion Implantation. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). Photolithography. Etching. Metallization. Equilibrium Conditions. The Contact Potential. Equilibrium Fermi Levels. Space Charge at a Junction. Forward- and Reverse-Biased Junctions; Steady State Conditions. Qualitative Description of Current Flow at a Junction. Carrier Injection. Reverse Bias. Reverse-Bias Breakdown. Zener Breakdown. Avalanche Breakdown. Rectifiers. The Breakdown Diode. Transient and A-C Conditions. Time Variation of Stored Charge. Reverse Recovery Transient. Switching Diodes. Capacitance of p-n Junctions. The Varactor Diode. Deviations from the Simple Theory. Effects of Contact Potential on Carrier Injection. Recombination and Generation in the Transition Region. Ohmic Losses. GRADED JUNCTIONS. Metal-Semiconductor Junctions. Schottky Barriers. Rectifying Contacts. Ohmic Contacts. Typical Schottky Barriers. Heterojunctions.   6     FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS. Transistor Operation. The Load Line. Amplification and Switching. The Junction FET. Pinch-off and Saturation. Gate Control. Current-Voltage Characteristics. The Metal-Semiconductor FET. The GaAs MESFET. The High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT). Short Channel Effects. The Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor FET. Basic Operation and Fabrication. The Ideal MOS Capacitor. Effects of Real Surfaces. Threshold Voltage. MOS Capacitance-Voltage Analysis. Time-dep