UID:
edocfu_9959231310702883
Format:
1 online resource (533 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-75901-1
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0-19-152394-1
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1-4294-2159-2
Content:
This book is unique in describing the historical development of semiconductor devices and their applications to human needs. It describes these developments in human terms and can be enjoyed by students of physics, electrical engineering, and materials science as well as by a wide range of scientists from other disciplines. - ;The book provides an overview of the fascinating spectrum of semiconductor physics, devices and applications, presented from a historical perspective. It covers the development of the subject from its inception in the early nineteenth century to the recent millennium. Wr
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Chapter 1 Perspectives; Chapter 2 The cat's whiskers; Chapter 3 Minority rule; Chapter 4 Silicon, silicon, and yet more silicon; Chapter 5 The compound challenge; Chapter 6 Low dimensional structures; Chapter 7 Let there be light; Chapter 8 Communicating with light; Chapter 9 Semiconductors in the infrared; Chapter 10 Polycrystalline and amorphous semiconductors; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-853083-8
Language:
English
