Semiconductors and the information revolution : magic crystals that made IT happen /

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This book sets out to explain the development of modern electronic systems and devices from the viewpoint of the semiconductor materials (germanium, silicon, gallium arsenide and many others) which made them possible. It covers the scientific understanding of these materials and its intimate relatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Orton, J. W. (John Wilfred)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Academic, 2009.
Temas:
Semiconductors > History.
Electronic apparatus and appliances > History.
Information technology > History.
Semi-conducteurs > Histoire.
Technologie de l'information > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electronics > Solid State.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electronics > Semiconductors.
Electronic apparatus and appliances
Information technology
Semiconductors
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What Exactly is a Semiconductor: and what can it do?
  • The First Hundred Years: From Faraday to Yesterday
  • Birth of the Transistor: Point Contacts and P-N Junctions
  • Micro and Macro: The Integrated Circuit and Power Electronics
  • Laser Beams and Microwaves: Gallium Arsenide and Indium Phosphide
  • Quantum Theory and Quantum Practice: The Nanostructure Revolution
  • Light-Emitting Diodes: White Light for Green Consumers
  • Information Highways and the Fibre Revolution
  • Seeing in the Dark: Image Tubes and Thermal Viewers
  • Large Area Electronics: Flat Screen TV and Solar Electricity.

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