Transistors

Introduction to Nanoelectronics: Science, Nanotechnology, Engineering, and Applications

This textbook is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of the technology and science underpinning nanoelectronics, covering the underlying physics, nanostructures, nanomaterials, and nanodevices. It provides a unifying framework for the basic ideas needed to understand the developments in the field. After introducing the recent trends in semiconductor and device nanotechnologies, as well as novel device concepts, the methods of growth, fabrication and characterization of materials for nanoelectronics are discussed. Coverage then moves to an analysis of nanostructures including recently-discovered nanoobjects, and concludes with a discussion of devices that use a 'simple' scaling-down approach to copy well-known microelectronic devices, and nanodevices based on new principles that cannot be realized at the macroscale. With numerous illustrations and homework problems, this textbook is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in electrical and electronic engineering, nanoscience, materials, bioengineering and chemical engineering. Addtional resources, including instructor-only solutions and Java applets, are available from www.cambridge.org/9780521881722.

Comprehensive textbook covering the underlying physics, nanostrucutres, nanomaterials and nanodevices of nanoelectronics. Provides a unifying framework for the basic ideas needed to understand recent developments. For advanced undergraduates and graduates in electrical and electronic engineering, nanoscience, materials, bioengineering and chemical engineering. Instructor-only solutions and Java applets available from www.cambridge.org/9780521881722.

Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age (Sloan Technology Series)

The microchip at the heart of your computer is a complex device, but its historical origins go back to one crude-looking little gadget made up of a wedge of plastic, a strip of gold foil, a rough-hewn slab of crystallized germanium, some wires, and a bent-up paper clip. Slapped together by two Bell Labs experimenters on December 16, 1947, this invention later came to be known as the transistor, and it is the ancestor of every microchip in operation today.

Crystal Fire tells the story of the creation and development of that gadget, demonstrating that very little about the transistor's invention was as simple it seemed. The device put together on that December day was no idle experiment, but the product of decades of high-level research--and the first major practical application of the esoteric quantum mechanics that had emerged from European particle physics at the beginning of the century.

Just as fascinating as the scientific background, though, is the story of the brains and events behind the invention of the transistor. The collaboration and rivalry of the three men credited with the invention--the brilliant John Bardeen, the likable Walter Brattain, and the appallingly driven William Shockley--hold center stage. However, authors Riordan and Hoddeson make it clear that the unique organizational resources of Bell Labs, the furious course of the war effort, and the random twists and turns of historical accident played equally important roles. The saga makes for a gripping read and a crash course in the dizzying complexity of information-age invention. --Julian Dibbell

On December 16, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, physicists at Bell Laboratories, jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of germanium. The power flowing from the germanium far exceeded what went in; in that moment the transistor was invented and the Information Age was born. No other devices have been as crucial to modern life as the transistor and the microchip it spawned, but the story of the science and personalities that made these inventions possible has not been fully told until now. Crystal Fire fills this gap and carries the story forward. William Shockley, Bell Labs' team leader and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize with Brattain and Bardeen for the discovery, grew obsessed with the transistor and went on to become the father of Silicon Valley. Here is a deeply human story about the process of invention-including the competition and economic aspirations involved-all part of the greatest technological explosion in history.

Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age

Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age (Sloan Technology Series)

An eloquent retelling of the story behind one of the twentieth century's miracle advances the transistor. On December 16, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, physicists at Bell Laboratories, jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of germanium. The power coming out of the germanium was one hundred times stronger than what went in. With that, the transistor was born and the information age began. It is hard to imagine any device more crucial to modern life than the microchip and the transistor from which it sprang. Every waking hour people take the vast benefits of these for granted in cellular phones, ATMs, computers, radios, TV sets, fax machines, and thousands of other electronic devices. Without a doubt, the transistor is the most important artifact of the twentieth century and the "nerve cell" of our electronic age. The Bell Labs transistor team was headed by William Shockley who shared the Nobel Prize with Bardeen and Brattain. Eventually Schockley went on to form the first semiconductor company in what would become Silicon Valley. Above all, Crystal Fire is a tale of the human factors in technology pride and jealousy coupled with scientific aspirations that ignited the greatest technological explosion in history.

Field Effect Devices: Volume IV (2nd Edition) (Modular Series on Solid State Devices)

Modular Series on Solid State Devices: Volume III: The Bipolar Junction Transistor (2nd Edition) (Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Vol 3)

Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor

Extensively revised and updated, this, the second edition of the highly praised text Operation and Modeling of The MOS Transistor, has become a standard in academia and industry. The book provides a thorough treatment of the MOS transistor-the key element of most modern microelectronic chips.
KEY FEATURES
Unified, careful treatment. The book covers in depth the development of many important models, ranging from the simple to the sophisticated, with the connection between models clearly identified. Many aspects of modeling are covered, including: dc, ac, small-signal, large-signal transient, quasi-static, nonquasi-static, and noise.
Expanded coverage. New material is included on a number of topics, including charge sheet models, small-dimension effects, noise, and modeling for RF applications.
New chapter on modeling for CAD. A completely new chapter discusses the context, considerations, and pitfalls associated with the development of models for computer-aided design, and describes ways to evaluate them.
Extensive Bibliography. A thoroughly updated, greatly expanded bibliography is provided.

Bug Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Electronic Eavesdropping ... But Were Afraid to Ask

What would you do if you thought you were being bugged? How would you defend yourself? How would you even know about it? If you've pondered these questions, and especially if you haven't, you need to read this book. It was written to tell you, the average Joe, everything there is to know about tiny hidden transmitters that can broadcast your personal and business conversations to spies, government agents . . . even the next-door neighbors. Find out how these devices work, how effective they are, how to find them and deal with them and how to use this technology in your own self-defense if necessary. Includes scores of ideas and resources for protecting the privacy of landline, cellular and cordless telephones, as well as pagers, fax machines and computers, plus phone phreaking terms and tricks and, as one reviewer put it, true tales of the Biz that "will spook you . . . and a few that will make you laugh."

High-Frequency Amplifiers

Principles of Transistor Circuits : Introduction to the Design of Amplifiers, Receivers and Digital Circuits

Over the last 40 years, Principles of Transistor Circuits has provided students and practitioners with a text they can rely on to keep them at the forefront of transistor circuit design.

Although integrated circuits have widespread application, the role of discrete transistors both as important building blocks which students must understand, and as practical solutions to design problems, remains undiminished.

The ninth edition has been thoroughly updated to cover the latest technology and applications, including computer circuit simulation, and many diagrams have been revised to bring them in line with current usage. Updated topics include thyristors, Darlington transistors, amplifiers, ring modulators, power supplies, optoelectronics and logic circuits.



Stan Amos, formerly head of Technical Publications Section Engineering Training Department BBC, has been writing about electronics since the 1950s.

Mike James is an established author and experienced FE lecturer. He currently works for Westland. His latest Newnes titles are Microcontroller Cookbook and Higher Electronics.

The transistor circuits bible
Updated with new developments in technology and applications
Accessible step-by-step introduction ideal for novices