Semiconductor electronics

by Paul D. Ankrum

The author has recognized the real need today for a thorough understanding of semiconductor devices as a vital prerequisite to effective use of electronic systems. Here is his response to that need - Semiconductor Electronics - "a device book with applications, rather than an applications book with cursory treatment of devices," he writes. And he treats the subject thoroughly, with detailed chapters devoted to semiconductor properties, PN junction properties, metal-semiconductor contacts, semiconductor diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), BJT equivalent circuit models and parameters, basic BJT amplifier stages, BJT biasing networks, BJT switches, field-effect transistors, integrated circuits, and thyristors and related devices. Representative applications are presented for virtually every device under discussion - applications selected for their practical value and interest.

548 pages, Hardcover

First published August 13, 1971

Reviews

[Henrik Moller · Rating 5 out of 5]

P. D. Ankrum was one of my undergrad profs many years ago--and that book is one I learned to love to hate. Well and truly a ball-buster, but I've never since then seen a more thorough treatment of semiconductors. I still have the book, almost half a century later, and still refer to it once in a while.