Principles of Semiconductor Devices

by Sima Dimitrijev

For the international second edition, the author builds upon and expands on hallmark features of the book established in the first edition, adding sections on new technology and increasing the number of end-of-chapter problems by 30%. Updated material relating to the environmental applications of technology was added, as well as a new chapter on nanoscale devices. Chapters on MOS capacitor and generation and recombination were also revised and updated. The book is divided into 4 parts: Part I on Semiconductor Physics; Part II on the principles of operation and modeling of the fundamental junctions and transistors; Part III on the diode, MOSFET and BJT topics needed for circuit design, and Part IV on photonic devices, microwave FETs, negative-resistance diodes, and power devices. Within each part, material is presented hierarchically, with core topics first, followed by advanced topics.

572 pages, Paperback

First published October 27, 2005

About the author

My core value is realistic education—learning from each other’s errors and successes, but with full awareness of the difference between elegant models (science) and our ability not only to minimize surprises but also to build a different future (engineering).

Running research experiments, I do enjoy the comfort of the outcomes that confirm my expertise, but I learn the most from experiments with surprising outcomes. Trying is the only way to benefit from uncertainty, and I am doing it for a living. I am aware of the stigma that people attach to the trial-and-error method, but I can see that everything in nature evolves by trial and error—from the physical processes that create order out of quantum chaos, through evolution in biology, to how humans learn and think.