Preface 1.Classification of Solids and Crystal Structure 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Bravais Lattice 1.3 The Crystal Structure 1.4 Miller Indices and Crystal Planes 1.5 The Reciprocal Lattice and Brillouin Zone 1.6 Types of Crystal Bindings 1.7 Defects in a Crystalline Solid Problems Bibliography 2.Lattice Dynamics 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The One-Dimensional Linear Chain 2.3 Dispersion Relation for a Three-Dimensional Lattice 2.4 The Concept of Phonons 2.5 The Density of States and Lattice Spectrum 2.6 Lattice Specific Heat Problems References Bibliography 3.Semiconductor Statistics 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics 3.3 Fermi-Dirac Statistics 3.4 Bose-Einstein Statistics 3.5 Statistics for the Shallow-Impurity States in a Semiconductor Problems Bibliography 4.Energy Band Theory 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Basic Quantum Concepts and Wave Mechanics 4.3 The Bloch-Floquet Theorem 4.4 The Kronig-Penney Model 4.5 The Nearly Free Electron Approximation 4.6 The Tight-Binding Approximation 4.7 Energy Band Structures for Some Semiconductors 4.8 The Effective Mass Concept for Electrons and Holes 4.9 Energy Band Structures and Density of States for Low-Dimensional Systems Problems References Bibliography 5.Equilibrium Properties of Semiconductors 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Densities of Electrons and Holes in a Semiconductor 5.3 Intrinsic Semiconductors 5.4 Extrinsic Semiconductors 5.5 Ionization Energies of Shallow-and Deep-Level Impurities 5.6 Hall Effect,Electrical Conductivity,and Hall Mobility 5.7 Heavy Doping Effects in a Degenerate Semiconductor Problems References Bibliography 6.Excess Carrier Phenomenon in Semiconductors 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Nonradiative Recombination: The Shockley-Read-Hall Model 6.3 Band-to-Band Radiative Recombination 6.4 Band-to-Band Auger Recombination 6.5 Basic Semiconductor Equations 6.6 The Charge-Neutrality Equation 6.7 The Haynes-Shockley Experiment 6.8 The Photoconductivity Decay Experiment 6.9 Surface States and Surface Recombination Velocity 6.10 Deep-Level Transient Spectroscopy Technique 6.11 Surface Photovoltage Technique Problems References Bibliography 7.Transport Properties of Semiconductors 8.Scattering Mechanisms and Carrier Moblities in Semiconductors 9.Optical Properties and Photoelectric Effects 10.Metal-Semiconductor Contacts 11.P-n Junction Diodes 12.Solar Cells and Photodetectors 13.Light-Emitting Devices 14.Bipolar Juction Transistors 15.Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors 16.High-Speed Ⅲ-Ⅴ Semiconductor Devices Solutions to Selected Problems Appendix Index