Basic Principles of Electronics. Semiconductors

Content: 
Front Matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
Dedication, Page iii
PREFACE, Pages ix-x
CHAPTER 1 - CONDUCTION IN THE SOLID STATE, Pages 1-12
CHAPTER 2 - CONDUCTION AND HEAT, Pages 13-25
CHAPTER 3 - SEMICONDUCTORS, Pages 26-38
CHAPTER 4 - SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY AND SIMPLE DEVICES, Pages 39-56
CHAPTER 5 - THE p–n JUNCTION, Pages 57-71
CHAPTER 6 - p–n JUNCTION DEVICES, Pages 72-91
CHAPTER 7 - THE TRANSISTOR, Pages 92-102
CHAPTER 8 - TRANSISTOR PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS, Pages 103-125
CHAPTER 9 - THE TRANSISTOR AS A CIRCUIT ELEMENT, Pages 126-159
CHAPTER 10 - COMMON TRANSISTOR CIRCUITRY, Pages 160-194
CHAPTER 11 - SPECIAL DEVICES, PROCESSES AND USES, Pages 195-229
APPENDIX I - THE h-PARAMETERS, Pages 230-232
APPENDIX II - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN h AND T PARAMETERS FOR COMMON EMITTER CONFIGURATION, Pages 233-235
APPENDIX III - INPUT AND OUTPUT RESISTANCES AND GAINS FOR GROUNDED EMITTER TRANSISTOR, IN TERMS OF h-PARAMETERS, Pages 236-239
APPENDIX IV - CLASSIFICATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR TYPES, Pages 240-241
APPENDIX V - PRACTICAL PRECAUTIONS WITH TRANSISTORS, Pages 242-244
APPENDIX VI - SYMBOLS USED IN THE TEXT, Pages 245-247
APPENDIX VII - IMPURITY SEMICONDUCTORS, Pages 248-249
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Page 250
INDEX TO SECTIONS, Pages 251-254