Strain Effect in Semiconductors Theory and Device Applications /

• Main Authors: Sun, Yongke (Author), Thompson, Scott E. (Author), Nishida, Toshikazu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Edition: First.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Condensed matter.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

Strain Effect in Semiconductors: Theory and Device Applications presents the fundamentals and applications of strain in semiconductors and semiconductor devices that is relevant for strain-enhanced advanced CMOS technology and strain-based piezoresistive MEMS transducers. The book discusses relevant...

Table of Contents:

• Overview: The Age of Strained Devices
• Band Structures of Strained Semiconductors
• Stress, Strain, Piezoresistivity, and Piezoelectricity
• Strain and Semiconductor Crystal Symmetry
• Band Structures of Strained Semiconductors
• Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures
• Transport Theory of Strained Semiconductors
• Semiconductor Transport
• Strain in Semiconductor Devices
• Strain in Electron Devices
• Piezoresistive Strain Sensors
• Strain Effects on Optoelectronic Devices.