Solid State Electronic Devices

For undergraduate electrical engineering students or for practicing engineers and scientists, interested in updating their understanding of modern electronics. One of the most widely used introductory books on semiconductor materials, physics, devices and technology, this text aims to: 1) develop basic semiconductor physics concepts, so students can better understand current and future devices; and 2) provide a sound understanding of current semiconductor devices and technology, so that their applications to electronic and optoelectronic circuits and systems can be appreciated. Students are brought to a level of understanding that will enable them to read much of the current literature on new devices and applications.

This revision of the most widely used introduction to solid state electronic devices was developed with two basic purposes: 1) to provide students with a sound understanding of existing devices so their studies of electronic circuits and systems will be meaningful, and 2) to develop the basic tools with which they can later learn about applications and the latest devices.