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| |Silicon conduction band ellipsoids.JPG|A constant energy surface in the silicon conduction band consists of six ellipsoids. | | |Silicon conduction band ellipsoids.JPG|A constant energy surface in the silicon conduction band consists of six ellipsoids. |
| |Planar Schottky diode.PNG|Planar Schottky diode with ''n<sup>+</sup>''-guard rings and tapered oxide. | | |Planar Schottky diode.PNG|Planar Schottky diode with ''n<sup>+</sup>''-guard rings and tapered oxide. |
| | |Schottky & pn diode IV curves.PNG|Comparison of Schottky and ''pn''-diode current voltage curves. |
| | |Schottky barrier height.PNG|Schottky barrier formation on ''p''-type semiconductor. Energies are in eV. |
| | |Schottky barrier (forward bias).PNG|Under forward bias ''V<sub>F</sub>'' the Schottky barrier height is reduced and the Fermi levels are split. |
| | |Schottky barrier (reverse bias).PNG|Schottky diode under reverse bias ''V<sub>R</sub>''. |
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Revision as of 17:00, 1 February 2011
I am a Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering from The University of Arizona, where I taught device physics and circuit design for just under two decades. Previously, I was a research scientist for twenty-odd years at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, doing theoretical work in the areas of solid-state physics and device physics. I also am a Fellow of the IEEE, and a recipient of the Electron Device Society distinguished service award for work as Editor-in-chief of the journal IEEE Electron Device Letters, founded by Nobel prize winner George E. Smith. I've published a number of technical books and papers, some of which may be found at this link.
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Magnetism
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B-field lines near uniformly magnetized sphere
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Magnetic flux density vs. magnetic field in steel and iron
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Widlar current source
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Widlar current source using bipolar transistors
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Small-signal circuit for finding output resistance of the Widlar source
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Design trade-off between output resistance and output current in Widlar source
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Forces
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Force and its equivalent force and couple
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Electromagnetism
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Devices
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Cross section of MOS capacitor showing charge layers
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Three types of MOS capacitance vs. voltage curves. VTH = threshold, VFB = flatbands
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Small-signal equivalent circuit of the MOS capacitor in inversion with a single trap level
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A modern MOSFET
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A power MOSFET; source and body share a contact.
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Calculated density of states for crystalline silicon.
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Field effect: At a gate voltage above threshold a surface inversion layer of electrons forms at a semiconductor surface.
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Occupancy comparison between n-type, intrinsic and p-type semiconductors.
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Nonideal pn-diode current-voltage characteristics
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Band-bending diagram for pn-junction diode at zero applied voltage
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Band-bending for pn-diode in reverse bias
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Quasi-Fermi levels in reverse-biased pn-junction diode
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Band-bending diagram for pn-diode in forward bias
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Fermi occupancy function vs. energy departure from Fermi level in volts for three temperatures
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Fermi surface in k-space for a nearly filled band in the face-centered cubic lattice
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A constant energy surface in the silicon conduction band consists of six ellipsoids.
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Planar Schottky diode with n+-guard rings and tapered oxide.
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Comparison of Schottky and pn-diode current voltage curves.
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Schottky barrier formation on p-type semiconductor. Energies are in eV.
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Under forward bias VF the Schottky barrier height is reduced and the Fermi levels are split.
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Schottky diode under reverse bias VR.
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