This book provides readers with state-of-the-art knowledge of established and emerging semiconducting materials, their processing, and the fabrication of chips and microprocessors. In addition to covering the fundamentals of these materials, it details the basics and workings of many semiconducting devices and their role in modern electronics and explores emerging semiconductors and their importance in future devices.
• Provides readers with latest advances in semiconductors.
• Covers diodes, transistors, and other devices using semiconducting materials.
• Covers advances and challenges in semiconductors and their technological applications.
• Discusses fundamentals and characteristics of emerging semiconductors for chip manufacturing.
This book provides directions to scientists, engineers, and researchers in materials engineering and related disciplines to help them better understand the physics, characteristics, and applications of modern semiconductors.