March 2014
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
26h 33m
English
Describe what a semiconductor is
Perform simple calculations about crystals
Understand what is involved in bulk Czochralski and thin-film epitaxial crystal growth
Learn about crystal defects
In studying solid state electronic devices we are interested primarily in the electrical behavior of solids. However, we shall see in later chapters that the transport of charge through a metal or a semiconductor depends not only on the properties of the electron but also on the arrangement of atoms in the solid. In this chapter we shall discuss some of the physical properties of semiconductors compared with other solids, the atomic arrangements of various materials, and ...
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