Basic Electronics

CONTENTS

Preface

Reviewers

The Author and the Contributor

1 Semiconductor Fundamentals

1-1 Introduction

1-2 Crystalline Materials

Semiconducting Materials

1-2-1 Crystals and Crystal Structures

1-2-2 Mechanical Properties

1-2-3 Energy Band Theory

Simplified Derivation of the Fermi–Dirac Statistics

1-3 Basis of Classification: Metals, Semiconductors and Insulators

1-3-1 Insulators (E_g >> 4 eV)

1-3-2 Semiconductors (0 eV ≤ E_g ≤ 4 eV)

1-3-3 Metals (Inter-Penetrating Band Structure)

1-4 Intrinsic Semiconductors

1-5 Extrinsic Semiconductors

1-5-1 Doping

1-5-2 Dopants

1-5-3 Carrier Statistics in n- and p-type Semiconductors

Properties of the Fermi–Dirac Integral

1-6 Electrical Conduction Phenomenon

1-6-1 Mobility

1-6-2 Conductivity

1-6-3 Diffusion ...