Physics of Semiconductor Devices

Massimo Rudan received a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1973 and a degree in Physics in 1976, both from the University of Bologna, Italy. His research interests are in the field of physics of carrier transport and numerical analysis of semiconductor devices. In 1986, he was a visiting scientist, on a one-year assignment, at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center at Yorktown Heights, NY, studying the discretization techniques for the higher-order moments of the Boltzmann Transport Equation. From 1979, he has been teaching annual courses in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna, firstly as Lecturer and then as Associate Professor. In 1990, he became Full Professor of Microelectronics at the University of Bologna. An IEEE Fellow (2008) and Life Fellow (2014), M.R. is author, coauthor or editor of 12 books, and has authored or coauthored about 250 technical papers published in major journals, or presented in international conferences, in the fields of electronics, solid-state physics, and solid-state sensors.M.R. has coordinated several research projects funded by the European Commission, international Companies and Foundations, the National Council of Research, and the National Ministry of University and Research. In 2001, he was one of the founders of the Advanced Research Center for Electronic Systems (ARCES) of the University of Bologna.

• Part I A Review of Analytical Mechanics and Electromagnetism.- Analytical Mechanics.- Coordinate Transformations and Invariance Properties.- Applications of the Concepts of Analytical Mechanics.- Electromagnetism.- Applications of the Concepts of Electromagnetism.- Part II Introductory Concepts to Statistical and Quantum Mechanics.- Classical Distribution Function and Transport Equation.- From Classical Mechanics to Quantum Mechanics.- Time-Independent Schrodinger Equation.- Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation.- General Methods of Quantum Mechanics.- Part III Applications of the Schrodinger Equation.- Elementary Cases.- Cases Related to the Linear Harmonic Oscillator.- Other Examples of the Schrodinger Equation.- Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory.- Part IV Systems of Interacting Particles - Quantum Statistics.- Many-Particle Systems.- Separation of Many-Particle Systems.- Part V Applications to Semiconducting Crystals.- Periodic Structures.- Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors atEquilibrium.- Part VI Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors.- Mathematical Model of Semiconductor Devices.- Generation-Recombination and Mobility.- Part VII Basic Semiconductor Devices.- Bipolar Devices.- MOS Devices.- Part VIII Miscellany.- Thermal Diffusion - Ion Implantation.- Thermal Oxidation - Layer Deposition.- Measuring the Semiconductor Parameters.-