Physics of Semiconductor Devices [Paperback]

S.M. Sze (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 880 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons (WIE); 2nd edition
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047109837X
• ISBN-13: 978-0471098379
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,097,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is not a textbook!, December 7, 2000

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"[e-mail]" (Cholula, Puebla, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Physics of Semiconductor Devices (Hardcover)

I decided to write this review after reading the previous reviews to this book. Apparently, a couple of the reviewers think of this book as a text book, which it is not. Even though the first edition was published in 1968, and the second in 1981, this book is still a very useful reference to anyone who works in the field of semiconductor device physics. The author presupposes a good amount of knowledge, and does not try to lead the reader "by hand" through all the details in the derivation of the mathematical expressions. I recommend this book to all serious scholars at the senior level and beyond, -as a reference book-.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3rd Ed a good book, but less like Sze, more like Ng..., November 9, 2006

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Steven J. Wojtczuk (Lexington, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Physics of Semiconductor Devices (Hardcover)

This is a fairly good book; however, it is more like a 3rd edition of the Complete Guide to Semiconductor Devices by the second author Ng than the expected updated edition of Sze's classic. Many of the figures are the same as in Ng's book, and although more topics are covered than in Sze's 2nd Ed, the theory of what is covered is often less in-depth. This is a nice book to have, especially if you do not have a copy of Ng's book, but I would not get rid of your 2nd edition of Sze yet. I am giving it 3 stars not because it is a bad book, but I truly believe there is a great deal of similarity between this 3rd Ed of Sze and the 2nd Ed of Ng's book, and I feel a little disappointed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A classic of the field., August 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Physics of Semiconductor Devices (Hardcover)

This book is one of the major references for people in the scientific end of the semiconductor field. It is a good reference for practicing scientists in the semiconductor and applied solid-state physics fields. It contains good treatments of most of the topics expected in a semiconductor physics book. Surprisingly, its readability remains high for a work of this breadth. This is not a mainstream book for dilettantes.