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The second edition of this introductory book sets out clearly and concisely the principles of operation of the semiconductor devices that lie at the heart of the microelectronic revolution.
The book aims to teach the reader how semiconductor devices are modelled. It begins by providing a firm background in the relevant semiconductor physics. These ideas are then used to construct both circuit models and mathematical models for diodes, bipolar transistors and MOSFETs. It also describes the processes involved in fabricating silicon chips containing these devices.
The first edition has already proved a highly useful textbook to first and second year degree students in electrical and electronic engineering, and related disciplines. It is also useful to HND students in similar subject areas, and as supplementary reading for anyone involved in integrated circuit design and fabrication.
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It is almost a commonplace that the outer (valence) electrons in a metal are free to move through the regular lattice of atoms which make up a single (perfect) crystal of a metal. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Format:Paperback
This book happened to complement a semester of work I did at University so was useful in that sense but as is the way with this kind of thing, was very dry and dull
Format:Paperback
I study electronic engineering and this is an excellent supplement to my lecture notes. Well explained and concise
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Didn't live up to expectations
6 Dec 2000
Format:Hardcover
The reviews for this book promise it to be a basic introductory book for a first year undergrad student. I have an MBA and I talk to to analysts in the semiconductor business everyday. My intention was to get a basic understanding for how microeletronic devices are used and how they are manufacured. I found this book to be extremely slow reading and way too detailed for my purposes. Although it is well written and organized, if you do have a rock solid physics background you may find it difficult to get through. I bought the book based on the review below that referred to the book as "bed-time reading". This is completely inaccurate. The book may serve as a supplement to an Engineering class but to even a well-educated person, without a physics backgroud this book hardly qualifies as "semiconductor lite".
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
THE best beginner book on Semiconductor Devices
13 Dec 1998
Format:Hardcover
Written by Dr. K.D. Leaver, an experienced lecturer and research in semiconductor and optical devices at Imperial College, University of London, this book is very easy to read and almost entertaining. It focuses on explaining the working principles of three main semiconductor devices (the pn-junction, BJTs and MOSFETs) without making the mathematics intimidating. In fact, Dr. Leaver has made many simple, effective and totally legitimate assumptions to make the maths 'easy-going' to all undergraduate students. If you are interested in semiconductor devices, this 'semiconductor lite' may even make for a bed-time reading. I am honored to have been one of his students and I cannot describe how much I have benefited from this book. I am now working in semiconductor related topics in the graduate level, and I would not have started without this book. I still have a copy.
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