Semiconductor Basics

Index

There are many concepts, ideas, subjects and words that appear repeatedly in the text. The words “semiconductors”, “Conduction band” and “pn‐junction”, for example, appear multiple times in the text. I list in the index the first time that the concept appears and use bold numbers to indicate pages where there is a relevant explanation of the concept

a

• Abrasive polish 162
• Acceptor impurities 44, 47–48, 50, 70, 81
• Adder  197–199
  • full  198–199, 207–209
  • half  197, 198, 207–208
• Algebraic formulation of Boolean modules 206–207
• Alignment layers 250
• Alkaline solution 165–166
• Alpha (α) 121
• Alpha particles 8–9, 14
• Alternating voltage 98
• Aluminum‐gallium‐arsenide (AlGaAs) 237
• Ammonium 231
• Ammonium fluoride (NH ₄F) 166
• Amorphous material 159
• Amplifier 140–155
  • differential  151– 152, 154–155
  • OpAmp 136, 150– 156
  • transistor  140– 144
  • two‐stage 149–150
• Analog computer 258
• AND function 188–196
  • with CMOS  195– 196
  • with diodes 191–192
  • with relays 188–189, 211
• Angular quantum number 15
• Annealing 169
• Anode 8, 75
• Antimony (Sb) 16, 40–41, 46, 167
• Aristotle 187
• Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)  245– 247
• Arsenic (As) 16, 39–40, 59–61, 167, 239
• Arsine gas (AsH ₃) 61
• Atmosphere opacity 54–55
• Atom structure  8–10
  • energy levels  11– 15, 20–22, 30–31, 232–33, 266–267
  • orbits  11– 14, 20
  • subshells 15
• Avalanche effect 76

b

• Balmer, Johann 5, 7
• Balmer lines 6–7, 13
• Bardeen, John 37–38
• Base, of transistor  119– 124
• Beta, β, transistor gain  121– 122
• Biocomputing 267–268
• Bipolar junction ...