DoITPoMS - TLP Library Introduction to Semiconductors

Introduction to Semiconductors

This teaching and learning package provides a very basic introduction to semiconductors. These materials are essential to the operation of solid state electronic devices.

	Aims Before you start Introduction Introduction to Energy Bands The Fermi–Dirac Distribution Charge Carriers in Semiconductors Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors Direct and Indirect Band Gap Semiconductors Compound Semiconductors Behaviour of the Chemical Potential Metal–Semiconductor Junction – Rectifying Contact Metal–Semiconductor Junction – Ohmic Contact The p–n Junction Bipolar Transistor Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) Summary Questions Going further

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First created: November 2006. Last updated: November 2007.