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Summary
Summary
Combining solid state devices with electronic circuits for an introductory-level microelectronics course, this textbook offers an integrated approach so that students can truly understand how a circuit works. A concise writing style is employed, with the right level of detail and physics to help students understand how a device works. Other features include an emphasis on modelling of electronic devices, and analysis of non-linear circuits. Spice problems, worked examples and end-of-chapter problems are included.
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A welcome change from the traditional solid state physics presentation, this book takes a practical "modeling" approach to semiconductors while relegating band theory and fabrication processes to appendixes. This clarifies the essentials of equilibrated and uniformly excited semiconductors (drift, doping, and injection). Nonuniform situations are addressed using minimal mathematics--simple integrations and partial differential equations. The focal device chapters (from junction diodes through bipolar junction transistors, metal-oxide semiconductor capacitors, and field effect transistors) build logically from the basics. Device discussions are well supplemented with schematics, device diagrams, chapter summaries, and applied problems. Device properties and thorough foreknowledge of basic electrical circuits support the text through practical amplifier circuits (linear, differential, and high-frequency). Similarly, the concise chapter on digital building blocks uses prior knowledge of logic functions to cover the basics. The book concludes with the effects of switching transients and scaling issues. Overall, a clear presentation of complex material, accessible to upper-division undergraduates in electrical engineering or cross-over students from physics, computer science, and the materials sciences. S. M. Pilgrim; Alfred University