Preface to the Second Edition / Preface / Acknowledgements / List of Symbols / SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS - Energy bands; Electrons and holes; Mobility and diffusivity; Intrinsic semiconductor; Doped semiconductor; Temperature dependence of the semiconductor conductivity; Carrier lifetime; Recombination of electrons and holes through traps: Shockely-Read-Hall theory; Optical properties of semiconductors; Gunn effect; Low dimensional quantum phenomena / PHYSICS OF pn JUNCTIONS - pn homojunctions; Semiconductor heterojunctions; pn Diode equation; A. C. behaviour of pn diodes; Transient response of a pn diode; Solar cells; Light emitting diodes (LEDs) ; Laser diodes; Impact avalanche and transit time (IMPATT) diodes; Other configuration of pn diodes; Circuit applications of pn diodes / TRANSISTORS PHYSICS - Basic functions of a transistor; Early effect and transistor characteristics; Low-frequency transistor equivalent circuiting; High-frequency transistor behaviour; Graded base transistors; Field-effect transistors; Phototransistor; Unijunction transistor; The four layer pn device; Typical transistor application applications / METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Metal-vacuum boundary: Schottky effect; Metal-semiconductor boundary: Ohmic contact; Current transport across a metal-semiconductor boundary; Metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) system; Metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MESFET) ; Metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) ; Charge coupled devices (CCDs) / SEMICONDUCTOR TUNNEL DEVICES - Tunnelling from the point of view of quantum measurement; Analysis of the tunnel effect; Heavy-doping effects; Tunnel diodes; Backward and Zener diodes; Metal -insulator-semiconductor-switch (MISS) diode; Tunnel devices of different types; Tunnel diode application; Appendices / Index