Semiconductors and modern electronics /

Semiconductors and Modern Electronics is a brief introduction to the physics behind semiconductor technologies. Chuck Winrich, a physics professor at Babson College, explores the topic of semiconductors from a qualitative approach to understanding the theories and models used to explain semiconducto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Winrich, Chuck (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Semiconductors.
Electronic circuits.
Electronic apparatus and appliances.
Materials / States of matter.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Conductors, insulators, and electric circuits
  • 2.1. Conductors versus insulators
  • 2.2. Electric circuits : voltage and current
  • 2.3. Electrical resistance, current, and Ohm's law
  • 2.4. Summary
  • 3. Early developments in semiconductors
  • 3.1. Changes with temperature and light
  • 3.2. Rectifiers
  • 3.3. Developments towards a theory
  • 4. Band theory and impurities in semiconductors
  • 4.1. The band theory of solids
  • 4.2. Impurities
  • 4.3. Donor impurities
  • 4.4. Acceptor impurities
  • 4.5. Summary
  • 5. Diodes and solar cells
  • 5.1. Diodes
  • 5.2. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
  • 5.3. Solar cells
  • 5.4. Summary
  • 6. Transistors and logic circuits
  • 6.1. Junction transistors
  • 6.2. Field-effect transistors
  • 6.3. Logic gates
  • 6.4. Logic circuits
  • 6.5. Summary
  • 7. Development of semiconductors to modern devices.

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