L. A. A. Warnes

Electronic Materials

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The importance of materials science for the progress of electronic techno logy has been apparent to all since the invention of the transistor in 1948, though that epoch-making event was the result of far-sighted research planning by Bell Laboratories dating from a decade or more before: no mere chance discovery, therefore, but the fruition of work which allotted at its inception a vital role to materials. The transistor is now very old hat, but new materials developments are continually triggering fresh develop ments in electronics, from optical communications to high-temperature superconductors. Electronic engineers are now given at least two courses in materials as part of their degree programme. This book arose from a series of forty lectures the author gave to the third year students on the Extended Honours Degree Course in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Loughborough University, though additional elementary material has been included to make the book suitable for first year students. The biggest problem in such a course is deciding what must be left out, and this I am afraid I shirked by leaving out all those areas which I was not familiar with from my days in the Ministry of Aviation, the semiconductor device industry and as a graduate student and research worker. I hope that what remains is sufficiently catholic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4615-6895-7
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781461568957
• ISBN-10: 1461568951
• Artikelnr.: 39508836

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Structure of Solids.- 1.1 Ideal Crystal Structures.- 1.2 Defects in Crystalline Solids.- 1.3 Binary Phase Diagrams.- Problems.- 2 The Classical Theory of Electrical Conduction.- 2.1 Drude's Free Electron Theory.- 2.2 The Hall Effect.- 2.3 The Wiedemann-Franz Law.- 2.4 Matthiessen's Rule.- 2.5 Electromagnetic Waves in Solids.- 2.6 The Plasma Frequency.- 2.7 Failures of Classical Free Electron Theory.- Problems.- 3 The Quantum Theory of Electrons in Solids.- 3.1 Schroedinger's Equation.- 3.2 The Particle in a Potential Well.- 3.3 The Pauli Exclusion Principle.- 3.4 The Fermi Energy.- 3.5 Fermi-Dirac Statistics.- 3.6 The Specific Heat of a Free Electron Gas.- 3.7 The Penney-Kronig Model.- 3.8 Energy Bands.- 3.9 Insulators, Semiconductors and Conductors.- Problems.- 4 Charge Carriers in Semiconductors.- 4.1 Intrinsic Conduction in Semiconductors.- 4.2 Extrinsic Conduction in Semiconductors.- 4.3 p-n Junctions.- 4.4 The Bipolar Junction Transistor.- 4.5 The MOSFET.- 4.6 Measurement of Semiconductor Properties.- Problems.- 5 VLSI Technology.- 5.1 A Quick Overview of the IC Production Process.- 5.2 Crystal Growth and Wafer Production.- 5.3 Epitaxy.- 5.4 Oxidation.- 5.5 Dielectric and Polysilicon Deposition.- 5.6 Diffusion.- 5.7 Ion Implantation.- 5.8 Lithography.- 5.9 Metallization.- 5.10 Assembly and Packaging.- 5.11 Beyond Silicon.- Problems.- 6 Magnetic Phenomena.- 6.1 Magnetic Units.- 6.2 Types of Magnetic Order.- 6.3 The Hysteresis Loop.- 6.4 The Saturation Polarization.- 6.5 Anisotropy Energy.- 6.6 Magnetic Domains.- 6.7 The Maximum Energy Product.- 6.8 Hysteresis in Multi-domain Magnetic Materials.- 6.9 Magnetostriction.- Problems.- 7 Magnetic Materials and Devices.- 7.1 Soft Magnetic Materials.- 7.2 Materials in Magnetic Recording.- 7.3 Magnetic Bubbles.-7.4 Microwave Devices.- Problems.- 8 Dielectrics.- 8.1 The Electric Polarization.- 8.2 The Dielectric Constant or Relative Permittivity.- 8.3 Types of Polarization.- 8.4 The Local Field in a Dielectric.- 8.5 The Clausius-Mossotti Relation.- 8.6 Energy Absorption in Dielectrics.- 8.7 Dielectric Breakdown.- 8.8 Ferroelectrics.- Problems.- 9 Materials for Optoelectronics.- 9.1 Light-emitting Diodes (LEDs).- 9.2 Solid-state Lasers.- 9.3 Optical Fibres.- 9.4 Signal Detectors.- 9.5 The Solar Cell.- 9.6 Displays.- 9.7 Integrated Optics?.- Problems.- 10 Superconductors.- 10.1 The Economics of Superconductivity.- 10.2 The Phenomenology of Superconductivity.- 10.3 Characteristic Lengths.- 10.4 BCS Theory.- 10.5 The Josephson Effect.- 10.6 High-temperature Ceramic Superconductors.- 10.7 Applications of Superconductivity.- Problems.- Further Reading.- Appendix: The Periodic Table of the Elements.