Semiconductor Fundamentals
The following sections are included:
Fundamental Concepts
Bandgap
Direct and indirect semiconductors
Carrier densities
Intrinsic carrier density
Doping
Extrinisic and intrinsic conduction
Carrier recombination
Background potential
Carrier transport
p-n Junctions
Homojunctions
Heterojunctions
Band offset
Tailoring the bandgap: bandgap engineering
Schottky barriers
Fabrication and Material Issues
GaAs
InP
SiC
GaN
Power Applications
Summary
References