Principles of Semiconductor Device Engineering: From Crystal Structure to Transistors, Diodes, and Integrated Circuit Technology
A diode, a transistor, a light-emitting diode, and a solar cell look like four different pieces of hardware. Underneath, they are four variations on the same physical story: carriers moving through a crystal in a controlled way.
Many students and early-career engineers finish a first course in semiconductor devices with a set of terminal equations memorized, but without a clear physical reason for why those equations take the shape they do - so an unfamiliar device on an exam or a datasheet can feel like one more thing to memorize rather than a structure that already makes sense from physics covered earlier. Assembling that physical understanding from several partial sources, each with its own notation, is its own kind of work before the actual engineering can begin.
This textbook addresses both problems at once. It builds semiconductor device engineering in the order the physics actually develops - crystal structure and band theory first, then carrier statistics and transport, then the pn junction, Schottky contact, and MOS capacitor - as a single, comprehensively organized reference with one consistent notation held fixed across all sixteen chapters. Only once that shared foundation is in place does the book turn to the MOSFET, the bipolar junction transistor, and the JFET/MESFET family, followed by LEDs, photodetectors, solar cells, and the fabrication steps that turn this physics into manufactured hardware.
What you'll find inside:
Trace every major device equation back to the underlying physics of carriers in a crystal, rather than taking a terminal equation on faith.Work every derivation alongside a fully worked numerical example, with every intermediate step and unit shown, across more than a dozen device types.Apply the gradual-channel approximation to compute MOSFET behavior, then follow scaling theory through short-channel effects to FinFET and gate-all-around architectures.Compare the MOSFET, bipolar junction transistor, and JFET/MESFET side by side using one consistent framework for how a gate or base controls current.Apply diode and recombination physics to compute LED efficiency, photodiode responsivity, and solar-cell power-conversion efficiency.Follow an actual fabrication sequence, from crystal growth through ion implantation, photolithography, and metallization, to see how a finished MOSFET is built.Chapters move from crystal lattices and energy-band theory through carrier statistics, drift-diffusion transport, and non-equilibrium carrier behavior, into the pn junction, Schottky diode, and MOS capacitor as the book's three foundational interface devices, and then into MOSFET characteristics and scaling, the bipolar junction transistor, the JFET and MESFET, LEDs and photodetectors, solar cells, and semiconductor fabrication - supported by a glossary, three appendices, and a consolidated practice-problem answer section.
Who this book is for: This book is written for engineering students taking a first or second course in semiconductor devices, particularly a two-course sequence that separates device physics from transistor behavior, for programs seeking one dependable reference across a full device-engineering curriculum, and for self-directed readers and practicing engineers who want a rigorous, from-first-principles text to return to. A working background in calculus, ordinary differential equations, introductory modern or quantum physics, and basic circuit theory is assumed; no prior coursework in semiconductor devices is required.
Begin building a physical understanding of semiconductor devices that starts with the crystal and carries through to manufactured hardware - one derivation and one worked example at a time.
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