How do millions of electronic devices cooperate in the sophisticated
environment of today's microprocessor? What are the physical
principles that govern their behavior?
More than forty years after its invention, the integrated
circuit has entered an exciting but considerably more challenging
stage of development, as ever-shrinking devices approach the
physical limits associated with the structure of matter.
In the third edition of their essential text, Device
Electronics for Integrated Circuits, Ted Kamins of HP
Labs and his
co-authors -- Richard Muller of the University of California
at Berkeley, with Mansun Chan of the Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology -- explore these developments and
the underlying physics of modern electronic devices - the
foundation of electronic communication systems, as well as
microprocessors.
The book, published by John Wiley & Sons, is updated with
the latest trends in IC technology.
Some features of the new edition include:
- revised and enhanced coverage of MOSFETs and CMOS to bring
the reader step-by-step from the basic, long-channel MOSFET
theory to models that describe the submicron-channel MOSFETS
of today's megatransistor chips
- new discussion of heterostructures and heterojunction
bipolar transistors, especially silicon-germanium devices
- expanded coverage of process simulation
- a brief discussion of compound semiconductors
- expanded consideration of Gauss' law to reinforce its
applications and aid the reader in understanding its applications
to many device problems.
Kamins, a Principal Scientist in HP
Labs' Quantum Science Research Lab, an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow
of the Electrochemical Society has worked extensively in the
area of semiconductor devices and materials. His current research
focuses on advanced nanostructured electronic materials and
devices.
Previous editions of the book, a text for seniors and first-year
graduate students in Electrical Engineering and a reference
for others, have been translated into Russian, Italian and
Spanish.
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