Understanding Modern Transistors and Diodes

Written in a concise, easy-to-read style, this text for senior undergraduate and graduate courses covers all key topics thoroughly. It is also a useful self-study guide for practising engineers who need a complete, up-to-date review of the subject. Key features:

• Rigorous theoretical treatment combined with practical detail

• A theoretical framework built up systematically from the Schrodinger Wave Equation and the Boltzmann Transport Equation

• Covers MOSFETS, HBTs and HJFETS

• Uses the PSP model for MOSFETS

• Rigorous treatment of device capacitance

• Describes the operation of modern, high-performance transistors and diodes

• Evaluates the suitability of various transistor types and diodes for specific modern applications

• Covers solar cells and LEDs and their potential impact on energy generation and reduction

• Includes a chapter on nanotransistors to prepare students and professionals for the future

• Provides results of detailed numerical simulations to compare with analytical solutions

• End-of-chapter exercises

• Online lecture slides for undergraduate and graduate courses