Understanding Modern Transistors and Diodes

David L. Pulfrey

Jan 2010 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

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 Schrödinger 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

Ratings and reviews

This is a wonderful book, I have read it twice so far, and each time I read it, my understanding is deepened. One very important point, in my opinion, is that I think it is vital that you patiently do all the exercises and understand what you are doing. The exercises have been designed to make you think about the whole concept, (some times even make connections between various chapters), you might have to go back and review a section, and then revisit the question. This going back and forth helped me understand the whole concept much better. My suggestion is to carefully read the chapter, then do all the exercises thoroughly and you will hopefully learn a lot. I guess one very important point about this book is that the language is not boring at all. The flow of the material in each chapter and in the whole book is fantastic, which makes it a very easy and fun to read book. In my opinion, nothing was left unclear in this book. For every equation, and for every claim, there is a solid reason. The book does not assume too much "pre-knowledge" in the field of solid-state. It starts from the very basics, and nicely builds up on them. The book has been written by a master in the field of solid-state electronics, who has a very solid understanding of the material and is also a great teacher. Prof. David Pulfrey has won two teaching awards in 2009, one from IEEE Electron Devices Society and one from Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. From all his teaching experience, he exactly knows what key facts are confusing (or more difficult to grasp) for students learning solid-states, and this book, thoroughly deals with these points. Enjoy the book!

A very great book for thorough comprehension of solid state electronics especially advanced materials and devices. The author of this book has been my professor for two senior courses and he is very well knowledgeable, dominant, and insightful in the field of solid state electronics.

About the author

David L. Pulfrey is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, where he has been since receiving his Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of Manchester, UK. He was the inaugural winner of UBC's Teaching Prize for Engineering (1990), and has received recognition for his research work on a wide range of semiconductor devices by being elected Fellow of the IEEE in 2000, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2003.