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Semiconductor Physics

An Introduction

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  • © 1991
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Authors:
  1. Karlheinz Seeger

    1. Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Festkörperphysik, Wien, Austria
      Institut für Festkörperphysik, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 40)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Elementary Properties of Semiconductors

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    Pages 1-9
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  3. Energy Band Structure

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    Pages 10-33
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  4. Semiconductor Statistics

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    Pages 34-45
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  5. Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas

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    Pages 46-115
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  6. Carrier Diffusion Processes

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    Pages 116-155
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  7. Scattering Processes in a Spherical One-Valley Model

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    Pages 156-216
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  8. Charge Transport and Scattering Processes in the Many-Valley Model

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    Pages 217-258
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  9. Carrier Transport in the Warped-Sphere Model

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    Pages 259-272
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  10. Quantum Effects in Transport Phenomena

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    Pages 273-294
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  11. Impact Ionization and Avalanche Breakdown

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    Pages 295-305
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  12. Optical Absorption and Reflection

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    Pages 306-389
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  13. Photoconductivity

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    Pages 390-405
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  14. Light Generation by Semiconductors

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    Pages 406-428
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  15. Properties of the Surface

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    Pages 429-445
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  16. Miscellaneous Semiconductors

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    Pages 446-454
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  17. Back Matter

    Pages 455-504
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About this book

Televisions, telephones, watches, calculators, robots, airplanes and space vehicles all depend on silicon chips. Life as we know it would hardly be possible without semiconductor devices. An understanding of how these devices work requires a detailed knowledge of the physics of semiconductors, including charge transport and the emission and absorption of electromagnetic waves. This book may serve both as a university textbook and as a reference for research and microelectronics engineering. Each section of the book begins with a description of an experiment. The theory is then developed as far as necessary to understand the experimental results. Everyone with high-school mathematics should be able to follow the calculations. The band structure calculations for the diamond and zinc blende types of lattice are supplemented with a personal computer program. Semiconductor physics developed most rapidly in the two decades following the invention of the transistor, and naturally most of the references date from this time. But recent developments such as the Gunn effect, the acoustoelectric effect, superlattices, quantum well structures, and the quantum Hall effect are also discussed. The exercises provided (answers to which are available) will greatly assist the student in consolidating the material presented. From the reviews:"This book is a must for any theoretical and experimental physicist working in the area of semiconductor physics." #Physicalia#1

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FROM THE REVIEWS:

PHYSICALIA
"This book is a must for any theoretical and experimental physicist working in the area of semiconductor physics."

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANGEWANDTE MATHEMATIK UND PHYSIK
"The book can be recommended for the design of numerical mobility-, recombination- and generation models for the numerical simulation of semiconductor devices.”

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Festkörperphysik, Wien, Austria

    Karlheinz Seeger

  • Institut für Festkörperphysik, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

    Karlheinz Seeger

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