Semiconductors and modern electronics / Chuck Winrich.

By: Winrich, Chuck [author.]Contributor(s): Morgan & Claypool Publishers [publisher.] | Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 6 | IOP concise physicsPublisher: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]Distributor: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781643275901 ebookSubject(s): Semiconductors | Electronic circuits | Electronic apparatus and appliances | Materials / States of matter | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / GeneralAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 621.3815 LOC classification: TK7871.85 .W567 2019ebOnline resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Conductors, insulators, and electric circuits -- 2.1. Conductors versus insulators -- 2.2. Electric circuits : voltage and current -- 2.3. Electrical resistance, current, and Ohm's law -- 2.4. Summary
3. Early developments in semiconductors -- 3.1. Changes with temperature and light -- 3.2. Rectifiers -- 3.3. Developments towards a theory
4. Band theory and impurities in semiconductors -- 4.1. The band theory of solids -- 4.2. Impurities -- 4.3. Donor impurities -- 4.4. Acceptor impurities -- 4.5. Summary
5. Diodes and solar cells -- 5.1. Diodes -- 5.2. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) -- 5.3. Solar cells -- 5.4. Summary
6. Transistors and logic circuits -- 6.1. Junction transistors -- 6.2. Field-effect transistors -- 6.3. Logic gates -- 6.4. Logic circuits -- 6.5. Summary -- 7. Development of semiconductors to modern devices.
Abstract: Semiconductors and Modern Electronics is a brief introduction to the physics behind semiconductor technologies. Chuck Winrich, a physics professor at Babson College, explores the topic of semiconductors from a qualitative approach to understandi
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1. Introduction -- 2. Conductors, insulators, and electric circuits -- 2.1. Conductors versus insulators -- 2.2. Electric circuits : voltage and current -- 2.3. Electrical resistance, current, and Ohm's law -- 2.4. Summary

3. Early developments in semiconductors -- 3.1. Changes with temperature and light -- 3.2. Rectifiers -- 3.3. Developments towards a theory

4. Band theory and impurities in semiconductors -- 4.1. The band theory of solids -- 4.2. Impurities -- 4.3. Donor impurities -- 4.4. Acceptor impurities -- 4.5. Summary

5. Diodes and solar cells -- 5.1. Diodes -- 5.2. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) -- 5.3. Solar cells -- 5.4. Summary

6. Transistors and logic circuits -- 6.1. Junction transistors -- 6.2. Field-effect transistors -- 6.3. Logic gates -- 6.4. Logic circuits -- 6.5. Summary -- 7. Development of semiconductors to modern devices.

Semiconductors and Modern Electronics is a brief introduction to the physics behind semiconductor technologies. Chuck Winrich, a physics professor at Babson College, explores the topic of semiconductors from a qualitative approach to understandi

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Chuck Winrich teaches Physics and Astronomy at Babson College. He earned a BS in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, an MS in Astrophysics from Iowa State University, and an EdD in Curriculum and Teaching, focused on Physics Edu

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