| Title: | Physics of Semiconductor Devices |
| Authors: | Rudan, Massimo |
| Keywords: | Physics Devices |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Abstract: | This volume originates from the lectures on Solid-State Electronics and Microelec- tronics that I have been giving since 1978 at the School of Engineering of the University of Bologna. Its scope is to provide the reader with a book that, start- ing from the elementary principles of classical mechanics and electromagnetism, introduces the concepts of quantum mechanics and solid-state theory, and describes the basic physics of semiconductors including the hierarchy of transport models, ending up with the standard mathematical model of semiconductor devices and the analysis of the behavior of basic devices. The ambition of the work has been to write a book, self contained as far as possible, that would be useful for both students and researchers; to this purpose, a strong effort has been made to elucidate phys- ical concepts, mathematical derivations, and approximation levels, |
| Description: | The book is divided into eight parts. Part I deals with analytical mechanics and electromagnetism; purposedly, the material is not given in the form of a resumé: quantum-mechanics and solid-state theory’s concepts are so richly intertwined with the classical ones that presenting the latter in an abridged form may make the read- ing unwieldy and the connections more difficult to establish. Part II provides the introductory concepts of statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics, followed by the description of the general methods of quantum mechanics. The problem of bridging the classical concepts with the quantum ones is first tackled using the his- torical perspective, covering the years from 1900 to 1926. The type of statistical description necessary for describing the experiments, and the connection with the limiting case of the same experiments involving massive bodies, is related to the properties of the doubly-stochastic matrices. Part III illustrates a number of applica- tions of the Schrödinger equation: elementary cases, solutions by factorization, and time-dependent perturbation theory. Part IV analyzes the properties of systems of particles, with special attention to those made of identical particles, and the methods for separating the equations. The concepts above are applied in Part V to the analysis of periodic structures, with emphasis to crystals of the cubic type and to silicon in particular, which, since the late 1960s, has been and still is the most important ma- terial for the fabrication of integrated circuits |
| URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/207 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4939-1151-6 |
| Appears in Collections: | ARTS & SCIENCE |
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015_Book_PhysicsOfSemiconductorDevices.pdf | 4.91 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
