Transistors: From Crystals to Integrated Circuits

This new book by M Levinshtein and G Simin tells the readers about the design and work of the most important and most interesting semiconductor devices - the transistors. The book is written in a friendly and easy to read manner and is meant primarily for young people, high school students, freshmen and sophomores. However, the original approach to semiconductor physics makes this book attractive to physics teachers and professors as well.

Preface; Contents; Introduction; Part I Semiconductors; Chapter 1 The Main Properties of Semiconductors; 1.1 Intrinsic Semiconductors; 1.1.1 ""Free electrons"" in crystal; 1.1.2 Holes; 1.1.3 Generation and recombination; 1.2 Impurity Semiconductors; 1.2.1 Donor impurity; 1.2.2 Acceptor impurity; 1.2.3 The temperature dependence of the carrier concentration; 1.2.4 Minority carriers; 1.2.5 Band diagrams; 1.3 Deep Levels; 1.3.1 Compensation by deep levels; 1.3.2 Generation through deep levels; 1.3.3 Recombination through deep levels; 1.4 Summary

Chapter 2 Motion of Electrons and Holes inside the Crystal2.1 Thermal Motion; 2.1.1 Energy distribution of electrons; 2.1.2 Energy distribution of holes; 2.2 Motion in the Electric Field; 2.2.1 ""Hot"" electrons; 2.2.2 Band diagrams; 2.3 Diffusion; 2.3.1 Diffusion coefficient; 2.3.2 Diffusion current; 2.3.3 Diffusion length; 2.4 Summary; Part II Barriers & Junctions; Chapter 3 The Barrier on the Crystal Boundary; 3.1 Work Function; 3.1.1 Come back, return, I call you back!; 3.1.2 Double charged (dipole) layer; 3.1.3 How to define the work function; 3.1.4 What work function is equal to

3.2 Surface States3.3 Bending Bands, Surface Potential; …