Fundamentals of Carrier Transport / Edition 2

by Mark Lundstrom

Overview

Fundamentals of Carrier Transport explores the behavior of charged carriers in semiconductors and semiconductor devices for readers 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 and coverage of "full band" transport. Lundstrom also covers both low- and high-field transport, scattering, transport in devices, and transport in mesoscopic systems. He explains in detail the use of Monte Carlo simulation methods and provides many homework exercises along with a variety of worked examples. What makes this book unique is its broad theoretical treatment of transport for advanced students and researchers engaged in experimental semiconductor device research and development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521637244
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/02/2009
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

1. The quantum foundation; 2. Carrier scattering; 3. The Boltzmann transport equation; 4. Low-field transport; 5. Balance equations; 6. Monte Carlo simulation; 7. High-field transport in bulk semiconductors; 8. Carrier transport in devices; 9. Transport in mesoscopic structures; Appendices.

Editorial Reviews

"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." Contemporary Physics

"An extensive treatment of semiconductor transport." Professor J.D. Bird, Arizona State University

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