March 2014
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
26h 33m
English
10.1 High frequencies in the microwave regime can be obtained by negative differential resistance achievable by tunneling (Esaki diodes), transferred-electron effects (Gunn diodes), or transit-time effects (IMPATT diodes).
10.2 High power switching is possible with p-n-p-n diodes, thyristors, or SCRs. These devices can be understood in terms of two coupled BJTs. Similar effects in CMOS cause latchup.
10.3 Modern power devices are based on the IGBT, which is a combination of an SCR and a MOSFET.
10.4 Nanoelectronics is based on the mesoscale between the larger (microscale) and smaller (atomic) dimensions where novel phenomena can be beneficially exploited.
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