Part I Semiconductor Material Properties Chapter 1: The Crystal Structure of Solids Chapter 2: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Chapter 3: Introduction to the Quantum Theory of Solids Chapter 4: The Semiconductor in Equilibrium Chapter 5: Carrier Transport Phenomena Chapter 6: Nonequilibrium Excess Carriers in Semiconductors Part II Fundamental Semiconductor Devices Chapter 7: The pn Junction Chapter 8: The pn Junction Diode Chapter 9: Metal-Semiconductor and Semiconductor Heterojunctions Chapter 10: Fundamentals of the Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor Chapter 11: Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor: Additional Concepts Chapter 12: The Bipolar Transistor Chapter 13: The Junction Field-Effect Transistor Part III Specialized Semiconductor Devices Chapter 14: Optical Devices Chapter 15: Semiconductor Microwave and Power Devices Appendix A: Selected List of Symbols Appendix B: System of Units, Conversion Factors, and General Constants Appendix C: The Periodic Table Appendix D: Unit of Energy-The Electron-Volt Appendix E: 'Derivation' of Schrodinger's Wave Equation Appendix F: Effective Mass Concepts Appendix G: The Error Function Appendix H: Answers to Selected Problems sakriti opis