Description
In a very readable style this book presents what is currently known about the electrical properties of contacts in terms of concepts and models. It bridges the gap between the high-level abstractions of modern theory of solids and the phenomenological treatments widely employed in device physics, by relating concepts to the means of testing them. The six chapters cover an introductory survey, single and two-carrier systems, reactive contact properties, contacts under illumination, and special topics such as thermal effects and semiconductor-semiconductor contacts. The distinction between contacts on "lifetime" and "relaxation" semiconductors is carefully developed. Comprehenive and up-to-date, this volume replaces the author's highly successful Rectifying Semiconductor Contacts (Oxford, 1957). It is the best specialized book on semiconductor contacts currently available.
