Preface xviiCHAPTER 1The Crystal Structure of Solids1.0 Preview 11.1 Semiconductor Materials 21.2 Types of Solids 31.3 Space Lattices 41.3.1 Primitive and Unit Cell 41.3.2 Basic Crystal Structures 61.3.3 Crystal Planes and Miller Indices1.3.4 The Diamond Structure 131.4 Atomic Bonding 151.5 Imperfections and Impurities in Solids 171.5.1 Imperfections in Solids 171.5.2 Impurities in Solids 181.6 Growth of Semiconductor Materials 191.6.1 Growth from a Melt 201.6.2 Epitaxial Growth 221.7 Device Fabrication Techniques:Oxidation 231.8 Summary 25Problems 27CHAPTER 2Theory of Solids 312.0 Preview 312.1 Principles of Quantum Mechanics 322.1.1 Energy Quanta 322.1.2 Wave-Particle Duality Principle 342.2 Energy Quantization and Probability Concepts 362.2.1 Physical Meaning of the Wave Function 362.2.2 The One-Electron Atom 372.2.3 Periodic Table 402.3 Energy-Band Theory 412.3.1 Formation of Energy Bands 412.3.2 The Energy Band and the Bond Model 452.3.3 Charge Carriers--Electrons and Holes 472.3.4 Effective Mass 492.3.5 Metals, Insulators, and Semiconductors 502.3.6 The k-Space Diagram 522,4 Density of States Function 552.5 Statistical Mechanics 572.5.1 Statistical Laws 572.5.2 The Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function and the Fermi Energy 582.5.3 Maxwell-Boltzmann Approximation 622.6 Summary 64Problems 65CHAPTER 3The Semiconductor in Equilibrium 703.0 Preview 703.1 Charge Carriers in Semiconductors 713.1.1 Equilibrium Distribution of Electrons and Holes 723.1.2 The no and Po Equations 743.1.3 The Intrinsic Carrier Concentration 793.1.4 The Intrinsic Fermi-Level Position 823.2 Dopant Atoms and Energy Levels 833.2.1 Qualitative Description 833.2.2 Ionization Energy 863.2.3 Group III-V Semiconductors 883.3 Carrier Distributions in the Extrinsic Semiconductor 893.3.1 Equilibrium Distribution of Electrons and Holes 89……
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