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.

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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.