A study of the rapidly growing field of semiconductor devices, this text takes readers from the real basics of semiconductor physics to new and important developments, such as amorphous silicon, compound semiconductor technologies and novel heterostructure transistors. The author implements the theories and models discussed into microcomputer programs; discusses atomic states, chemical bonds and energy bands, as well as more advanced topics such as the Boltzmann transport equation; and offers coverage on semiconductor junctions and the silicon field-effect transistor. Examined are photonic devices, such as solar cells, light-emitting diodes and semiconductor devices, and new device concepts, including energy band engineering, Hot Electron Transistors and superlattice devices are analyzed. Microwave diodes- seen as the most powerful solid-state sources of microwave energy- are also studied.
- ISBN10 013666587X
- ISBN13 9780136665878
- Publish Date May 1990 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Prentice-Hall
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English