Semiconductor Physics and Semiconductor Devices

Semiconductor Devices and Technology

PREFACE It is customary for a book to have a preface, wherein the author explains why he wrote it and how it differs from all the other books on a similar subject. This book came about because I was asked to update one of our sophomore courses, in part to add some material on semiconductor devices and technology and in part to increase the breadth of the course and improve its links to other pa...

Power Semiconductor Devices

Classification, essential properties, important applications and developement of power semiconductor devices will be explained. Some common power semiconductor devices, power metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), thyristor and some new power devices will be described and discussed.

Power Semiconductor Devices

Modeling Semiconductor Optical Devices

In this article numerical methods used to model photonic devices are presented. In particular, the governing equations describing the problem, the coupling between electrical and optical fields, and the numerical algorithms used for computing solutions are discussed. As a computational example, we present the modeling of a semi-conductor optical amplifier employed as an all-optical demultiplexer.

Noise in Semiconductor Devices

Noise (a spontaneous fluctuation in current or in voltage) is generated in all semiconductor devices. The intensity of these fluctuations depends on device type, its manufacturing process, and operating conditions. The resulted noise, as a superposition of different noise sources, is defined as an inherent noise. The equivalent noise models (containing all noise sources) are created for a parti...