Description: This book provides the knowledge and understanding necessary to comprehend the operation of individual electronic devices that are found in modern micro-electronics. As a textbook, it is aimed at the third-year undergraduate curriculum in electrical engineering, in which the physical electronic properties are used to develop an introductory understanding to the semiconductor devices used in modern micro-electronics.The emphasis of the book is on providing detailed physical insight into the microscopic mechanisms that form the cornerstone for these technologies. Mathematical treatments are therefore kept to the minimum level necessary to achieve suitable rigor.b" Covers crystalline structureb" Thorough introduction to the key principles of quantum mechanicsb" Semiconductor statistics, impurities, and controlled dopingb" Detailed analysis of the operation of semiconductor devices, including p-n junctions, field-effect transistors, metal-semiconductor junctions and bipolar junction transistorsb" Discussion of optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasersb" Chapters on the device applications of dielectrics, magnetic materials, and superconductors

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