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Semiconductor Materials (Physical Sciences References)

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Brings together under one cover a diverse compendium of physical, electronic, magneto-optical and other properties of the most common semiconductor materials, including of course silicon and gallium arsenide.

There is also data on less frequently used compounds, like other 3-5 and 2-6 materials. Typically, these might be more of interest to a physicist or chemist than to an engineer, as these are more research oriented.

Various semiconductor devices are also described, like tunnel diodes and Zener diodes. Here, perhaps, this book faces more competition from other books that are explicitly on semiconductor devices. In this book, the descriptions are mostly just that, descriptions. Whereas other semiconductor texts would give lengthier, explanatory passages.

The book claims to describe the transitioning from Si to GaAs in MOSFET manufacturing. A bit of a stretch. Yes, GaAs is heavier used in certain, high speed devices. But the vast majority of MOSFETS are still Si based, and there is no indication of that changing.

In summary, the book is more of a reference than a text. Its best value is in the gathering of the material properties and the references therein to the original papers from which these are collated.