Complete Guide to Semiconductor Devices

Preface. Preface to the First Edition. Introduction. DIODES I: RECTIFIERS. p-n Junction Diode. p-i-n Diode. Schottky-Barrier Diode. Planar-Doped-Barrier (PDB) Diode. Isotype Heterojunction. DIODES II: NEGATIVE RESISTANCE N-SHAPED. Tunnel Diode. Transferred-Electron Device (TED). Resonant-Tunneling Diode. Resonant-Interband-Tunneling (RIT) Diode. Single-Barrier Tunnel Diode. Single-Barrier Tunnel Diode. Single-Barrier Interband-Tunneling Diode. Real-Space-Transfer (RST) Diode. DIODES III: NEGATIVE RESISTANCE S-SHAPED. Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Switch (MISS). Planar-Doped-Barrier (PDB) Switch. Amorphous Threshold Switch. Heterostructure Hot-Electron Diode (HHED). DIODES IV: NEGATIVE RESISTANCE TRANSIT-TIME. Impact-Ionization-Avalanche Transit-Time (IMPATT) Diode. Barrier-Injection Transit-Time (BARITT) Diode. RESISTIVE AND CAPACITIVE DEVICES. Resistor. Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) Capacitor. Charge-Coupled Device (CCD). TRANSISTORS I: FIELD-EFFECT. Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET). Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET). Metal-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MESFET). Modulation-Doped Field-Effect Transistor (MODFET). Permeable-Base Transistor. Static-Induction Transistor (SIT). Real-Space-Transfer (RST) Transistor. Planar-Doped Field-Effect Transistor. Surface-Tunnel Transistor. Lateral Resonant-Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor (LRTFET). Stark-Effect Transistor. Velocity-Modulation Transistor (VMT). TRANSISTOR II: POTENTIAL-EFFECT. Bipolar Transistor. Tunneling Hot-Electron-Transfer Amplifier (THETA). Metal-Base Transistor. Bipolar Inversion-Channel Field-Effect Transistor (BICFET). Tunnel-Emitter Transistor (TETRAN). Planar-Doped-Barrier (PDB) Transistor. Heterojunction Hot-Electron Transistor (HHET). Induced-Base Transistor. Resonant-Tunneling Bipolar Transistor (RTBT/RBT). Resonant-Tunneling Hot-Electron Transistor (RHET). Quantum-Well-Base Resonant-Tunneling Transistor (QWBRTT). Spin-Valve Transistor. NONVOLATILE MEMORIES. Floating-Gate Avalanche-Injection Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (FAMOS) Transistor. Metal-Nitride-Oxide-Semiconductor (MNOS) Transistor. THYRISTORS AND POWER DEVICES. Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR). Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT). Static-Induction Thyristor (SIThy). Unijunction Transistor. PHOTONICS I: LIGHT SOURCES. Light-Emitting Diode (LED). Injection Laser. PHOTONICS II: PHOTODETECTORS. Photoconductor. p-i-n Photodiode. Schottky-Barrier Photodiode. Charge-Coupled Image Sensor (CCIS). Avalanche Photodiode (APD). Phototransistor. Metal-Smiconductor-Metal (MSM) Photodetector. Quantum-Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP). Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetector (QDIP). Blocked-Impurity-Band (BIB) Photodetector. Negative-Electron-Affinity (NEA) Photocathode. Photon-Drag Detector. PHOTONICS III: BISTABLE OPTICAL DEVICES. Self-Electrooptic-Effect Device (SEED). Bistable Etalon. PHOTONICS IV: OTHER DEVICES. Solar Cell. Electroabsorption Modulator. Thermistor. Hall Plate. Strain Gauge (Gage). Interdigital Transducer (IDT). Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor (ISFET). Appendix A: Selected Nonsemiconductor Devices. Appendix B: Physical Phenomena. Appendix C: General Applications of Device Groups. Appendix D: Physical Properties. Appendix E: Background Information. Index.