Books by Keyword: Compound Semiconductor

Description: Modern semiconductor devices rely upon precise defect engineering. On the one hand: defects are the components needed to generate the electronic architecture of the device. On the other hand: they may – if not carefully controlled– induce failure of that device. During the past fifty years, the electrical and optical properties of defects, their generation, transport, clustering and reactions between them have been investigated intensively. Yet the development of semiconductor technology remains closely connected to the advances made in defect science and engineering. Compared to metals, defect control in silicon is significantly complicated by the open structure of its lattice. As a result, reactions between defects, even at room temperature, have become a central issue in defect engineering.

Description: With the continuing evolution of fabrication techniques and new structures for semiconducting materials, the list of new defect phenomena has also increased apace. The present book discusses point defects, defect-assisted diffusion, metal impurity additions, metastable defects, magnetic hyperfine interaction of deep donors in compound semiconductors, and oxygen and hydrogen impurity defects.