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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
9781643275901 9781643275888
10.1088/2053-2571/ab2cc8 doi
Semiconductors. Electronic circuits. Electronic apparatus and appliances. Materials / States of matter. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General.