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The Crystal Structure of Solids -- Semiconductor Materials -- Types of Solids -- Space Lattices -- Atomic Bonding -- Imperfections and Impurities in Solids -- Growth of Semiconductor Materials -- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics -- Schrodinger's Wave Equation -- Applications of Schrodinger's Wave Equation -- Extensions of the Wave Theory to Atoms -- Introduction to the Quantum Theory of Solids -- Allowed and Forbidden Energy Bands -- Electrical Conduction in Solids -- Extension to Three Dimensions -- Density of States Function -- Statistical Mechanics -- The Semiconductor in Equilibrium -- Charge Carriers in Semiconductors -- Dopant Atoms and Energy Levels -- The Extrinsic Semiconductor -- Statistics of Donors and Acceptors -- Charge Neutrality -- Position of Fermi Energy Level -- Carrier Transport Phenomena -- Carrier Drift -- Carrier Diffusion -- Graded Impurity Distribution -- The Hall Effect -- Nonequilibrium Excess Carriers in Semiconductors -- Carrier Generation and Recombination -- Characteristics of Excess Carriers -- Ambipolar Transport -- Quasi-Fermi Energy Levels -- Excess-Carrier Lifetime -- Surface Effects -- The pn Junction -- Basic Structure of the pn Junction -- Zero Applied Bias -- Reverse Applied Bias -- Nonuniformly Doped Junctions -- The pn Junction Diode -- pn Junction Current -- Small-Signal Model of the pn Junction -- Generation-Recombination Currents -- Junction Breakdown -- Charge Storage and Diode Transients -- The Tunnel Diode -- Metal-Semiconductor and Semiconductor Heterojunctions -- The Schottky Barrier Diode -- Metal-Semiconductor Ohmic Contacts -- Heterojunctions -- The Bipolar Transistor -- The Bipolar Transistor Action -- Minority Carrier Distribution -- Low-Frequency Common-Base Current Gain -- Nonideal Effects -- Equivalent Circuit Models -- Frequency Limitations -- Large-Signal Switching -- Other Bipolar Transistor Structures -- Fundamentals of the Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor -- The Two-Terminal MOS Structure -- Capacitance-Voltage Characteristics -- The Basic MOSFET Operation -- Frequency Limitations -- The CMOS Technology -- Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor: Additional Concepts -- Nonideal Effects -- MOSFET Scaling -- Threshold Voltage Modifications -- Additional Electrical Characteristics -- Radiation and Hot-Electron Effects -- The Junction Field-Effect Transistor -- JFET Concepts -- The Device Characteristics -- Nonideal Effects -- Equivalent Circuit and Frequency Limitations -- High Electron Mobility Transistor -- Optical Devices -- Optical Absorption -- Solar Cells -- Photodetectors -- Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence -- Light Emitting Diodes -- Laser Diodes -- Semiconductor Power Devices -- Power Bipolar Transistors -- Power MOSFETs -- Heat Sinks and Junction Temperature -- The Thyristor -- The Error Function -- "Derivation" of Schrodinger's Wave Equation -- Unit of Energy--The Electron-Volt.