Basic Principles of Electronics, Volume 2: Semiconductors

Properties, Applications, and Characteristics explores the intricacies of semiconductors, delving into solid-state conduction, heat, and semiconductor specifics. It covers extrinsic semiconductors, electrons and holes, temperature's impact on conductivity, mean free path, Joule heating, crystal vacancies, and Drude's metallic conduction theory. The text then explores semiconductor technology, simple devices, transistors, and their production and characteristics. Topics include strain gauges, thermistors, thermoelectric semiconductors, crystal preparation, photoconductors, and the Hall effect. It also covers special devices, processes, uses, common transistor circuitry, and low-frequency equivalent circuits for common base, including radiation detection, optoelectronics, field effect transistors, sonar amplifiers, oscillators, and multi-stage amplifiers. Highly recommended for technical college students and researchers interested in semiconductors.