Junction Transistors

The Commonwealth and International Library: Applied Electricity and Electronics

John. J. Sparkes, P. Hammond

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780080115313
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483149073
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Engineering General
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Junction Transistors explains the operation and characterization of junction transistors to a point from which detailed circuit analysis and design can be undertaken. This book highlights three features. First, this text analyzes the behavior of semiconductors, pn junctions, and all types of bipolar transistors from the standpoint of classical physics. The validity of this approach and the link with quantum physics is discussed in an appendix. Second, the high-speed operation of transistors is analyzed and explained in terms of base charge. Finally, the analysis of transistor behavior in terms of the movements of holes and electrons can only be carried out explicitly with the aid of simplifying assumptions, not all of which can be fully justified. In this selection, an attempt has been made to justify these assumptions wherever possible, to show where they break down, and to remove the assumptions altogether in one or two instances and obtain more rigorous solutions. This publication provides material of interest not only to undergraduates but also to those more familiar with the properties and use of transistors.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Junction Transistors
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1. Conduction in Semiconductors
• CHAPTER 2. The pn junction. Steady-state Properties
• CHAPTER 3. The pn junction. Transient and Signal Properties
• CHAPTER 4. The Junction Transistor. Steady-state Properties
• CHAPTER 5. Fundamental Aspects of Transistor Action
• CHAPTER 6. Transistor Action and Its Representation
• CHAPTER 7. Summary of Circuit Design Parameters
• CHAPTER 8. Different Transistor Structures
• CHAPTER 9. Some Further Features of Transistor Behaviour
• APPENDIX A: Carrier Densities in a Semiconductor
• APPENDIX B: Recombination through Traps
• APPENDIX C: The Equilibrium Solution for Abrupt junction
• APPENDIX D: The d.c. Equations of a Transistor
• APPENDIX E: Signal Delay Time through the Base Region of Transistors
• Index
• ELECTRONICS RELIABILITY—CALCULATION AND DESIGN
• ANALOGUE COMPUTING METHODS