Introduction to Space Charge Effects in Semiconductors

• Main Author: Böer, Karl W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 160
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Engineering design.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Engineering Design.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

This book is the most comprehensive one to describe the basics of space-charge effects in semiconductors, starting from basic principles to advanced application in semiconducting devices. It uses detailed analyses of the transport, Poisson, and continuity equations to demonstrate the behavior of the...

Table of Contents:

• Space Charges in Insulators
• Creation of Space-Charge Regions in Solids
• The Schottky Barrier
• Minority Carriers in Barriers
• Minority Carrier Currents
• Schottky Barrier in Two-Carrier Model
• pn-Homojunctions
• The Photovoltaic Effect
• The Schottky Barrier Photodiode
• The pn-Junction with Light
• The Heterojunction with Light.