71096G
Semiconductor Materials

Published: 1996
Pages: 496
Price: $185.00

Semiconductor Materials presents physico-chemical, electronic, electrical, elastic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, and other properties of a vast group of elemental, binary, and ternary inorganic semiconductors and their solid solutions. It also discusses the properties of organic semiconductors.

Descriptions are given of the most commonly used semiconductor devices-charge-coupled devices, field-effect transistors, unijunction transistors, thyristors, Zener and avalanche diodes, and photodiodes and lasers. The current trend of transitioning from silicon technology to gallium arsenide technology in field-effect-based electronic devices is a special feature that is also covered.

More than 300 figures and 100 tables highlight discussions in the text, and more than 2,000 references guide you to further sources on specific topics. Semiconductor Materials is a relatively compact book containing vast information on semiconductor material properties.

Readers can compare results of the property measurements that have been reported by different authors and critically compare the data using the reference information contained in the book. Engineers who design and improve semiconductor devices, researchers in physics and chemistry, and students of materials science and electronics will find this a valuable guide.

Audience:

• Engineers working in the design and improvement of semiconductor devices
• Researchers in the physics and chemistry of semiconductor materials
• Graduate students in materials science and electronics

Contents:

• Semiconductor Materials: Definition, History, Systematization
• Introduction to Semiconductor Physics
• Chemical Bonds in Semiconductor Crystals
• Electrical Conductivity in Semiconductors
• Thermoelectric Phenomena in Semiconductors
• Recombination of Electrons and Holes
• Photoconductivity and Photo-emf
• Phenomena at the Interface of n-Type and p-Type Semiconductors
• Brief Description of the Methods of Evaluation of the Basic Properties of Semiconductors
• Electrical Conductivity, Hall Effect, Nernst Effect
• Generation/Recombination Parameters
• Thermal and Thermoelectric Measurements
• Elemental Semiconductors
• Boron
• Diamond
• Silicon
• Germanium
• Gray Tin
• Phosphorus
• Selenium
• Tellurium Chemical Interaction Between the Elemental Semiconductors: Solid Solutions and Compounds
• Boron-Carbon
• Boron-Silicon
• Boron-Phosphorus
• Carbon-Silicon
• Silicon-Germanium
• Silicon-Tin and Germanium-Tin
• Binary IV-VI and III-V Semiconductors
• IVb-IVb Compound-Silicon Carbide
• IIIb-Vb Compounds
• Crystal Structure
• Boron Nitride
• Boron Phosphide
• Boron Arsenide
• Aluminum Nitride
• Aluminum Phosphide
• Aluminum Arsenide
• Aluminum Antimonide
• Gallium Nitride
• Gallium Phosphide
• Gallium Arsenide
• Gallium Antimonide
• Indium Nitride
• Indium Phosphide
• Indium Arsenide
• Indium Antimonide
• Binary II-VI and I-VII Tetrahedral Semiconductors
• Binary II-VI Compounds
• Zinc Oxide
• Zinc Sulfide
• Zinc Selenide
• Zinc Telluride
• Cadmium Sulfide
• Cadmium Selenide
• Cadmium Telluride
• Mercury Sulfide
• Mercury Selenide
• Mercury Telluride
• Ternary Adamantine Semiconductors
• Ternary Analogs of the III-V Adamantine Semiconductors
• The II-IV-V2 Compounds (Ternary Pnictides)
• The I-IV2-V3 Compounds
• Ternary Analogs of II-VI Adamantine Semiconductors
• I-III-VI2 Compounds
• I2-IV-VI3 Compounds
• I3-V-VI4 Compounds
• Defect Adamantine Semiconductors
• IV3-V4 Compounds
• III2-VI3 Compounds
• Defect Ternary Compounds
• III2-IV-VI Compounds
• Non-Adamantine Semiconductors and Variable-Composition Semiconductor Phases
• IA-IB Semiconductors
• Semiconductors in the I-V Binary Systems
• IA-VB Compounds (IA)3-VB Compounds
• I-VI Compounds
• Copper and Silver Oxides
• Copper and Silver Chalcogenides
• II2-IV Compounds with Antifluoride Structure
• IV-VI Galenite Type Compounds
• V2-VI3 Compounds
• Binary Compounds of the Group VIIIA Elements
• Semiconductor Solid Solutions
• Alloys of Elemental Semiconductors
• III-V/III-V Semiconductor Alloys
• II-VI/II-VI Solid Solutions
• Solid Solutions of II-VI and III-V Compounds
• Organic Semiconductors
• Semiconductor Devices
• p-n Junction and Schottky Barrier
• p-n Junction
• p-n Junction Diode
• Metal-Semiconductor Rectifying Contact. Schottky Barrier Diode
• Ohmic Contact
• p-n-Junction and Schottky-Barrier Two-Electrode Devices
• Varistors and Varactors
• Zener and Avalanche Diodes
• Tunnel Diode
• Photodiode (Solar Cell)
• Unijunction Transistor
• Multiterminal (Multibarrier) Devices Bipolar Devices
• Unipolar Devices
• Conclusion
• Index

Features:

Provides the most comprehensive information on the physical properties of semiconductors Traces the history of the development of semiconductor science, and its relationship to other branches of materials science Explains principles of semiconductor device functioning Includes more than 2,000 references as well as reviews and compilations Presents hundreds of tables and illustrations to clarify concepts.