Advanced semiconductor fundamentals / Robert F. Pierret.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic Semiconductor Properties -- General Material Properties -- Crystal Structure -- The Unit Cell Concept -- Simple 3-D Unit Cells -- Bravais Lattices and Crystal Systems -- Specific Semiconductor Lattices -- Miller Indices -- Example Use of Miller Indices -- Wafer Surface Orientation -- Wafer Flats and Notches -- Pattern Alignment -- Elements of Quantum Mechanics -- The Quantum Concept -- Blackbody Radiation -- The Bohr Atom -- Wave-Particle Duality -- Basic Formalism -- General Formulation -- Time-Independent Formulation -- Simple Problem Solutions -- The Free Particle -- Particle in a 1-D Box -- Finite Potential Well -- Energy Band Theory -- Preliminary Considerations -- Simplifying Assumptions -- The Bloch Theorem -- Approximate One-Dimensional Analysis -- Kronig-Penney Model -- Mathematical Solution -- Energy Bands and Brillouin Zones -- Particle Motion and Effective Mass -- Carriers and Current -- Extrapolation of Concepts to Three Dimensions -- Brillouin Zones -- E-k Diagrams -- Constant-Energy Surfaces -- Effective Mass -- Ge, Si, and GaAs -- Measurement -- Band Gap Energy -- Equilibrium Carrier Statistics -- Density of States -- General Derivation -- Specific Materials -- Conduction Band--GaAs -- Conduction Band--Si, Ge -- Valence Band--Ge, Si, GaAs -- Fermi Function -- Problem Specification -- Derivation Proper -- Concluding Discussion -- Supplemental Information -- Equilibrium Distribution of Carriers -- The Energy Band Diagram -- Donors, Acceptors, Band Gap Centers.