SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Abstract

This e-book aims at providing the students with the understanding of the basic operating principles of Semiconductor Devices and at the same time illustrates how the circuit have been derived from these principles This e book written based on the polytechnic syllabus for the Semiconductor Devices course taken by Electrical and Electronic Engineering students The fundamental principles and applications of semiconductors are explained in this e book to enable students to gain a good understanding of Semiconductor Devices and their applications The first chapter discusses the basic properties of semiconductors and introduces the characteristics of P N junction Chapter 2 discusses the characteristic of diode as a semiconductor device, the outlines of IV characteristics curve for silicon diode and the applications of the diode in other electronic circuit Chapter 3 discusses the basic of Bipolar Junction Transistor ( the characteristics and operation of BJT semiconductor, transistor configurations, DC operation, frequency response and their characteristic and the classes of amplifier Tutorials are provided for all chapters to help students master the concepts covered by each topic Answers are included at the end of the e book.