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| Introduction | |
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| Semiconductor Physics | |
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| Physics and Properties of Semiconductors-A Review | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Crystal Structure | |
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| Energy Bands and Energy Gap | |
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| Carrier Concentration at Thermal Equilibrium | |
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| Carrier-Transport Phenomena | |
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| Phonon, Optical, and Thermal Properties | |
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| Heterojunctions and Nanostructures | |
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| Basic Equations and Examples | |
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| Device Building Blocks | |
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| p-n Junctions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Depletion Region | |
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| Current-Voltage Characteristics | |
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| Junction Breakdown | |
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| Transient Behavior and Noise | |
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| Terminal Functions | |
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| Heterojunctions | |
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| Metal-Semiconductor Contacts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Formation of Barrier | |
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| Current Transport Processes | |
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| Measurement of Barrier Height | |
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| Device Structures | |
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| Ohmic Contact | |
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| Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Capacitors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ideal MIS Capacitor | |
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| Silicon MOS Capacitor | |
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| Transistors | |
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| Bipolar Transistors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Static Characteristics | |
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| Microwave Characteristics | |
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| Related Device Structures | |
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| Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor | |
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| MOSFETS | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Basic Device Characteristics | |
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| Nonuniform Doping and Buried-Channel Device | |
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| Device Scaling and Short-Channel Effects | |
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| MOSFET Structures | |
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| Circuit Applications | |
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| Nonvolatile Memory Devices | |
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| Single-Electron Transistor | |
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| JFETs, MESFETs, and MODFETs | |
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| Introduction | |
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| JFET and MESFET | |
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| MODFET | |
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| Negative-Resistance and Power Devices | |
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| Tunnel Devices | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Tunnel Diode | |
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| Related Tunnel Devices | |
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| Resonant-Tunneling Diode | |
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| IMPATT Diodes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Static Characteristics | |
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| Dynamic Characteristics | |
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| Power and Efficiency | |
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| Noise Behavior | |
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| Device Design and Performance | |
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| BARITT Diode | |
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| TUNNETT Diode | |
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| Transferred-Electron and Real-Space-Transfer Devices | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Transferred-Electron Device | |
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| Real-Space-Transfer Devices | |
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| Thyristors and Power Devices | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Thyristor Characteristics | |
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| Thyristor Variations | |
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| Other Power Devices | |
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| Photonic Devices and Sensors | |
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| LEDs and Lasers | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Radiative Transitions | |
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| Light-Emitting Diode (LED) | |
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| Laser Physics | |
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| Laser Operating Characteristics | |
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| Specialty Lasers | |
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| Photodetectors and Solar Cells | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Photoconductor | |
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| Photodiodes | |
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| Avalanche Photodiode | |
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| Phototransistor | |
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| Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) | |
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| Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetector | |
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| Quantum-Well Infrared Photodetector | |
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| Solar Cell | |
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| Sensors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Thermal Sensors | |
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| Mechanical Sensors | |
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| Magnetic Sensors | |
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| Chemical Sensors | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| List of Symbols | |
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| International System of Units | |
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| Unit Prefixes | |
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| Greek Alphabet | |
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| Physical Constants | |
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| Properties of Important Semiconductors | |
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| Properties of Si and GaAs | |
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| Properties of SiO, and Si3N | |
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| Index | |