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| Semiconductor Fundamentals | |
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| Semiconductors -- A General Introduction | |
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| General Material Properties | |
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| Crystal Structure | |
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| Crystal Growth | |
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| Carrier Modeling | |
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| The Quantization Concept | |
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| Semiconductor Models | |
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| Carrier Properties | |
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| State and Carrier Distributions | |
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| Equilibrium Carrier Concentrations | |
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| Carrier Action | |
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| Drift | |
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| Diffusion | |
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| Recombination -- Generation | |
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| Equations of State | |
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| Supplemental Concepts | |
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| Basics of Device Fabrication | |
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| Fabrication Processes | |
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| Device Fabrication Examples R1 | |
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| Supplement and Review | |
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| Alternative/Supplemental Reading List | |
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| Figure Sources/Cited References | |
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| Review List of Terms | |
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| Review Problem Sets and Answers | |
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| A. Pn Junction Diodes | |
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| PN Junction Electrostatics | |
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| Preliminaries | |
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| Quantitative Electrostatic Relationships | |
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| PN Junction Diode -- I-V Characteristics | |
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| The Ideal Diode Equation | |
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| Deviations from the Ideal | |
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| Special Considerations | |
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| PN Junction Diode -- Small-Signal Admittance | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Reverse-Bias Junction Capacitance | |
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| Forward-Bias Diffusion Admittance | |
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| PN Junction Diode -- Transient Response | |
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| Turn-Off Transient | |
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| Turn-On Transient | |
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| Optoelectronic Diodes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Photodiodes | |
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| Solar Cells | |
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| LEDs | |
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| IIB | |
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| Bjts and Other Junction Devices | |
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| BJT Fundamentals | |
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| Terminology | |
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| Fabrication | |
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| Electrostatics | |
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| Introductory Operational Considerations | |
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| Performance Parameters | |
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| BJT Static Characteristics | |
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| Ideal Transistor Analysis | |
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| Deviations from the Ideal | |
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| Modern BJT Structures | |
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| BJT Dynamic Response Modeling | |
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| Equivalent Circuits | |
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| Transient (Switching) Response | |
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| PNPN Devices | |
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| Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) | |
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| SCR Operational Theory | |
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| Practical Turn-on/Turn-off Considerations | |
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| Other PNPN Devices | |
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| MS Contacts and Schottky Diodes | |
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| Ideal MS Contacts | |
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| Schottky Diode | |
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| Practical Contact Considerations R2 | |
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| Supplement and Review | |
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| Alternative/Supplemental Reading List | |
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| Figure Sources/Cited References | |
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| Review List of Terms | |
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| Review Problem Sets and Answers | |
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| Field Effect Devices | |
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| Field Effect Introduction -- the J-FET and MESFET | |
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| General Introduction | |
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| J-FET | |
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| MESFET | |
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| MOS Fundamentals | |
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| Ideal Structure Definition | |
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| Electrostatics -- Mostly Qualitative | |
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| Electrostatics -- Quantitative Formulation | |
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