Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Majumder, Manoj Kumar
• Kumbhare, Vijay Rao
• Japa, Aditya
• Kaushik, Brajesh Kumar

Titel

Semiconductor Physics and Devices

Ist Teil von

• Introduction to Microelectronics to Nanoelectronics, 2021, Vol.1, p.1-36

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

United Kingdom: CRC Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This chapter begins with semiconductor physics and describes the different semiconductor types and their properties. Next, the diode is introduced and diode-based applications are demonstrated. Further, this chapter introduces bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and different field-effect transistors (FETs). Specifically, junction field-effect transistor (JFET) and metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) are explained in detail. Finally, this chapter discusses the issues with the CMOS technology scaling and introduces emerging non-silicon devices. The seed of development of the modern solid-state semiconductors dates back to early 1930s. Each electronic device that author see around is made up of semiconductors. Solids are classified into three types based upon the distance between their valence band and conduction band. The authors say that the substance is able to conduct if there are free electrons in the conduction band. Unlike conductors, insulators have a huge bandgap between the conduction and the valence band. The distance is extremely long between the valence band and the conduction band of these substances. The distance between the valence band and the conduction band is intermediate to that of conductors and insulators. The conductivity of the semiconductors lies between that of the conductors and the insulators.