Preface • Preface to the First Edition
1. Crystal Structures
2. Energy-Band Theory of Solids
3. Carrier Transport in Semiconductors
4. Excess Carriers in Semiconductors
5. P-N Junction Diodes
6. Junction Breakdown and Schottky Junctions
7. The Bipolar Junction Transistor
8. Field-effect Transistors
9. Unijunction Transistors
10. Silicon-controlled Rectifiers
11. Triode AC Switch (TRIAC)
12. Insulated-gate Bipolar Transistors
13. Opto-electronic Devices
14. Electro-optic Devices
Appendix A: Schrödinger’s Equation and Its Solution
Appendix B: Properties of Materials
Appendix C: A Simlified Explanation of the Taylor’s Series Expansion
Index
