Physical Limitations of Semiconductor Devices

• Main Authors: Vashchenko, V. A. (Author), Sinkevitch, V. F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Circuits and Systems.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Engineering, general.

Physical Limitations of Semiconductor Devices provides an in depth understanding of the phenomena and regularities that play a critical role in the limitation of semiconductor device capabilities. It discusses how thermo-electrical breakdown, conductivity modulation, and electrical and spatial curre...

Table of Contents:

• Failures of Semiconductor Device
• Theoretical Basis of Current Instability in Transistor Structures
• Thermal Instability Mechanism
• Isothermal Current Instability in Silicon BJT and MOSFETs
• Isothermal Instability in Compound Semiconductor Devices
• Degradation Instabilities
• Conductivity Modulation in ESD devices
• Physical Approach to Reliability.