For the international second edition, the author builds upon and expands on hallmark features of the book established in the first edition, adding sections on new technology and increasing the number of end-of-chapter problems by 30%. Updated material relating to the environmental applications of technology was added, as well as a new chapter on nanoscale devices. Chapters on MOS capacitor and generation and recombination were also revised and updated. The book is divided into 4 parts: Part I on Semiconductor Physics; Part II on the principles of operation and modeling of the fundamental...

The dimensions of modern semiconductor devices are reduced to the point where classical semiconductor theory, including the concepts of continuous particle concentration and continuous current, becomes questionable. Further questions relate to two-dimensional transport in the most important field-effect devices and one-dimensional transport in nanowires and carbon nanotubes.
Designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses, Principles of Semiconductor Devices, Second Edition, presents the semiconductor-physics and device principles in a way that upgrades classical...