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| Classification of Solids and Crystal Structure | |
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| The Bravais Lattice | |
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| The Crystal Structure | |
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| Miller Indices and the Unit Cell | |
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| The Reciprocal Lattice and Brillouin Zone | |
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| Types of Crystal Bindings | |
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| Defects in a Crystalline Solid | |
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| Lattice Dynamics | |
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| The One-Dimensional Linear Chain | |
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| Dispersion Relation for a Three-Dimensional Lattice | |
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| Concept of Phonons | |
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| The Density of States and Lattice Spectrum | |
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| Lattice Specific Heat | |
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| Elastic Constants and Velocity of Sound | |
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| Semiconductor Statistics | |
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| Maxwell-Boltzmann (M-B) Statistics | |
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| Fermi-Dirac (F-D) Statistics | |
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| Bose-Einstein (B-E) Statistics | |
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| Statistics in the Shallow-Impurity States | |
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| Energy Band Theory | |
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| The Bloch-Floquet Theorem | |
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| The Kronig-Penney Model | |
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| The Nearly-Free Electron Approximation | |
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| The Tight-Binding (LCAO) Approximation | |
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| Energy Band Structures for Semiconductors | |
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| The Effective Mass Concept | |
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| Energy Band Structure and Density of States in a Superlattice | |
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| Equilibrium Properties of Semiconductors | |
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| Densities of Electrons and Holes in a Semiconductor | |
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| Intrinsic Semiconductors | |
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| Extrinsic Semiconductors | |
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| Ionization Energy of a Shallow Impurity Level | |
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| Hall Effect, Hall Mobility, and Electrical Conductivity | |
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| Heavy Doping Effects in a Degenerate Semiconductor | |
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| Excess Carrier Phenomenon in Semiconductors | |
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| Nonradiative Recombination: Shockley-Read-Hall Model | |
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| Band-to-Band Radiative Recombination | |
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| Band-to-Band Auger Recombination | |
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| Basic Semiconductor Equations | |
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| Charge-Neutrality Conditions | |
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| The Haynes-Shockley Experiment | |
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| Minority Carrier Lifetimes and Photoconductivity Experiment | |
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| Surface States and Surface Recombination Velocity | |
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| Deep-Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) Technique | |
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| Surface Photovoltage (SPV) Technique | |
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| Transport Properties of Semiconductors | |
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| Galvanomagnetic, Thermoelectric, and Thermomagnetic Effects | |
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| Boltzmann Transport Equation | |
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| Derivation of Transport Coefficients | |
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| Transport Coefficients for the Mixed Conduction Case | |
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| Transport Coefficients for Some Semiconductors | |
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| Scattering Mechanisms and Carrier Mobilities in Semiconductors | |
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| Differential Scattering Cross Section | |
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| Ionized Impurity Scattering | |
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| Neutral Impurity Scattering | |
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| Acoustic Phonon Scattering | |
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| Optical Phonon Scattering | |
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| Scattering by Dislocations | |
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| Electron and Hole Mobilities in Semiconductors | |
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| Hot Electron Effects in a Semiconductor | |
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| Optical Properties and Photoelectric Effects | |
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| Optical Constants of a Solid | |
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| Free-Carrier Absorption Process | |
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| Fundamental Absorption Process | |
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| The Photoconductive Effect | |
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| The Photovoltaic (Dember) Effect | |
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| The Photomagnetoelectric Effect | |
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| Metal-Semiconductor Contacts | |
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| Metal Work Function and Schottky Effect | |
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| Thermionic Emission Theory | |
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| Ideal Schottky Barrier Contact | |
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| Current Flow in a Schottky Barrier Diode | |
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| I-V Characteristics of a Silicon and a GaAs Schottky Diode | |
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| Determination of Barrier Height | |
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| Enhancement of Effective Barrier Height | |
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| Applications of Schottky Diodes | |
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| Ohmic Contacts | |
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| p-n Junction Diodes | |
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| Equilibrium Properties of a p-n Junction Diode | |
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| p-n Junction Under Bias Conditions | |
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| Minority Carrier Distribution and Current Flow | |
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| Diffusion Capacitance and Conductance | |
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| Minority Carrier Storage and Transient Behavior | |
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| Zener and Avalanche Breakdowns | |
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| Tunnel Diode | |
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| p-n Heterojunction Diodes | |
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| Junction Field-Effect Transistors | |
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| Photonic Devices | |
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| Photovoltaic Devices | |
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| Photodetectors | |
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| Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) | |
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| Semiconductor Laser Diodes | |
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| Bipolar Junction Transistor | |
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| Basic Structures and Modes of Operation | |
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| Current-Voltage Characteristics | |
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| Current Gain, Base Transport Factor, and Emitter Injection Efficiency | |
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| Modeling of a Bipolar Junction Transistor | |
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| Switching Transistor | |
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| Advanced Bipolar Transistor | |
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| Thyristors | |
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| Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors | |
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| An Ideal Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor System | |
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| Oxide Charges and Interface Traps | |
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| The MOS Field-Effect Transistors | |
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| Charge-Coupled Devices | |
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| High-Speed III-V Semiconductor Devices | |
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| Metal-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors | |
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| Modulation-Doped Field-Effect Transistors (MODFETs) | |
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| Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor | |
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| Hot Electron Transistors | |
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| Resonant Tunneling Devices | |
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| Transferred-Electron Devices | |
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| Index | |