Fundamentals of Carrier Transport

Fundamentals of Carrier Transport is an accessible introduction to the behavior of charged carriers in semiconductors and semiconductor devices. It is written specifically for engineers and students without an extensive background in quantum mechanics and solid-state physics. This second edition contains many new and updated sections, including a completely new chapter on transport in ultrasmall devices. The author begins by covering a range of essential physical principles. He then goes on to cover both low- and high-field transport, scattering, transport in devices, and transport in mesoscopic systems. The use of Monte Carlo simulation methods is explained in detail. Many homework exercises are provided and there are a variety of worked examples. The book will be of great interest to graduate students of electrical engineering and applied physics. It will also be invaluable to practising engineers working on semiconductor device research and development.

ISBN 0521631343   Pages 464 ISBN13 9780521631341 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 1080 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Hardback   Previous ISBN 9780521637244 Publication date 26 Oct 2000   Height (mm) 247 Library of Congress QC611 .L86 2000   Width (mm) 174 DEWEY 621.38152   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Preface to the second edition
		Preface to the first edition
		An overview
1		The quantum foundation		1
2		Carrier scattering		54
3		The Boltzmann transport equation		119
4		Low-field transport		158
5		Balance equations		212
6		Monte Carlo simulation		247
7		High-field transport in bulk semiconductors		282
8		Carrier transport in devices		315
9		Transport in mesoscopic structures		363
App. 1		Summary of indicial notation and tensors		411
App. 2		Some useful integrals		414
		Index		415

'The book will be of great interest to graduate students of electrical engineering and applied physics. it will be invaluable to practicing engineers working on semiconductor device research and development.' INSPEC 'The book is beautifully produced, the author's style is lucid and easy to read and the arguments and physical insights as clear and helpful as one could wish ... an excellent text on transport theory and I recommend it to physicists and engineers alike.' F. W. Sheard, Contemporary Physics ' ... fascinating ... endlessly readable ... will stand for a long while as an accessible introduction.' Current Engineering Practice '... not only fascinating but also endlessly readable ...'. Current Engineering Practice

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