Physics Of Semiconductor Devices

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Physics of Semiconductor Devices effectively covers the rapidly changing field of semiconductor device physics. New ideas, theories, models, and practical application of semiconductor electronics are presented, and new developments, such as amorphous silicon, compound semiconductor technologies, and novel heterostructure transistors are thoroughly explored. The theories and models are implemented in microcomputer programs created as a "toolbox" for modeling and simulating semiconductor devices Key Features Introductory discussions of semiconductor physics as well as more advanced issues such as the Boltzmann transport equation, Monte Carlo simulation, and high electric field transport Bipolar junction transistors, including the Gummel-Poon model and a section on heterojunction bipolar transistor Field-effect transistor positioned as a modern electronics workhorse Compound semiconductor devices, such as gallium arsenide field-effect transistors, plus amorphous silicon Thin Film Transistors Photonic devices including light-emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers, integrated optoelectronic circuits, and amorphous silicon solar cells_today's most practical solar cell technology Microwave diodes_the most powerful solid state sources of microwave energy Physical mechanisms of negative differential resistance and Gunn effect Device concepts based on ballistic or collisionless transport in short semiconductor structures, energy band engineering, Hot Electron transistors, superlattice devices, and resonant tunneling devices Written for senior and graduate level courses in semi-conductor devices, this book is also indispensable for engineers and researchers working in this growing field Table Of Contents List of Symbols Preface Basic Semiconductor Physics p-n Junctions, Schottky Barrier Junctions, Heterojunctions and OHMIC Contacts Bipolar Junction Transistors Field Effect Transistors Photonic Devices Transferred-Electron Devices and Avalanche Diodes Transistor Structures Appendices Index