Semiconductor Physical Electronics

Semiconductor Physical Electronics, Second Edition, provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental semiconductor physics that is essential to an understanding of the physical and operational principles of a wide variety of semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices. This text presents a unified and balanced treatment of the physics, characterization, and applications of semiconductor materials and devices for physicists and materials scientists who need further exposure to semiconductor and photonic devices, and for device engineers who need additional background on the underlying physical principles. Semiconductor Physical Electronics, Second Edition, provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental semiconductor physics that is essential to an understanding of the physical and operational principles of a wide variety of semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices. This text presents a unified and balanced treatment of the physics, characterization, and applications of semiconductor materials and devices for physicists and material scientists who need further exposure to semiconductor and photonic devices, and for device engineers who need additional background on the underlying physical principles. This updated and revised second edition reflects advances in semicondutor technologies over the past decade, including many new semiconductor devices that have emerged and entered into the marketplace. It is suitable for graduate students in electrical engineering, materials science, physics, and chemical engineering, and as a general reference for processing and device engineers working in the semicondictor industry. cover-image-large 1 front-matter 2 fulltext_001 13 fulltext_002 38 fulltext_003 57 fulltext_004 73 fulltext_005 117 fulltext_006 146 fulltext_007 183 fulltext_008 223 fulltext_009 258 fulltext_010 296 fulltext_011 346 fulltext_012 393 fulltext_013 470 fulltext_014 525 fulltext_015 579 fulltext_016 625 back-matter 676 The updated edition of this book provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental semiconductor physics. It has been revised to reflect advances in semiconductor technologies over the past decade, including many new semiconductor devices that have emerged and entered into the marketplace.