Chapter
1.5. Electron Energy Levels
1.7. Energy Levels in Conductors
1.8. Hall Effect in Conductors
1.9. Contact Potential between Metals
1.10. Energy Levels in Insulators
1.11. Energy Levels in Intrinsic Semiconductors
1.12. Energy Levels in Extrinsic Semiconductors
CHAPTER 2. Physics of Semiconductor Devices
2.2. pn Junction with Zero Bias
2.3. pn Junction with Forward Bias
2.4. pn Junction with Reverse Bias
2.6. The Tunnel (Esaki) Diode
2.7. Metal–Semiconductor Diodes
CHAPTER 3. Construction and Characteristics of Transistors
3.2. Preparation of Crystal
3.6. Epitaxial and Planar Techniques
3.8. D.C. Characteristics
CHAPTER 4. Equivalent Circuits
4.1. Common Base, Low Frequency, Equivalent T Circuit
4.2. Common Base, High Frequency, Equivalent T Circuit
4.3. Common Emitter, Low Frequency, Equivalent T Circuit
4.4. Common Emitter, Hybrid π Equivalent Circuit
4.5. Common Collector Equivalent T Circuit
4.7. Relation between h and T Parameters
4.9. Relation between Z and T Parameters
4.11. Relation between Y and T Parameters
PART II: Design of Circuits
CHAPTER 5. Rectifiers and Stabilizers
5.1. Semiconductor Diodes
5.7. Transistor–Diode Stabilizers
5.8. Stabilizer Design Example
5.9. The Silicon Controlled Rectifier
5.10. Applications of the Thyristor
CHAPTER 6. Voltage Amplifiers
6.1. Basic Amplifier Circuits
6.2. D.C. Biasing and Stabilization
6.3. Feedback Resistor Stabilization
6.4. Base Resistor and Emitter Bias Stabilization
6.5. Potential Divider and Emitter Bias Stabilization
6.6. Analysis and Design of Circuits Using Load Lines
6.7. Analysis of Circuits Using the T Equivalent Circuit
6.8. Comparison of Transistor Circuits
6.9. R.C. Coupling of Transistor Stages
CHAPTER 7. Power Amplifiers
7.1. Classification of Power Amplifiers
7.2. Class A Power Amplifier
7.3. Common Emitter Push-pull Amplifier
7.4. Design Example—Transformer-coupled Push-pull Amplifier
7.5. Transformer-less Audio Amplifiers
7.6. Servo System Amplifiers
7.7. Class C High Frequency Amplifiers
CHAPTER 8. Oscillator Circuits
8.1. L.C. Feedback Oscillator
8.3. Negative Resistance Oscillators
8.4. Crystal Controlled Transistor Oscillators
8.5. Inverters and Converters
CHAPTER 9. Pulse and Computing Circuits
9.2. Astable Multivibrator
9.3. Monostable Multivibrator
9.4. Bistable Multivibrator
9.5. Binary and Decade Counters
9.6. Ring Counter with pnpn Transistors
9.7. Digital Computing Operations
9.9. Transistor–Resistor Logic
9.10. All-transistor Switching
CHAPTER 10. Photo-electric Applications
10.1. Types of Semiconductor Photocells
10.2. Photo-conductive Cells and Their Applications
10.3. Photo-diode Circuit
10.4. The Photo-transistor
10.5. Construction of Silicon Solar Cells
10.6. Electrical Properties of Solar Cells
CHAPTER 11. Special Applications
11.1. Amplitude Modulation
11.2. Amplitude Demodulation
11.3. Frequency Modulation
11.4. Electronic Switching Circuits
11.5. Ferrite Core Driving Circuits
PART ΙII: Experiments with Semiconductors
CHAPTER 12. Laboratory Demonstrations: Semiconductor Characteristics and Circuits
12.1. Comparison of Metal and Semiconductor Diodes
12.2. Transistor Characteristics
12.3. Characteristic of a Silicon Controlled Rectifier
12.4. Phase Control of a Silicon Controlled Rectifier
12.5. Characteristic of a Zener Diode
12.6. Stabilizing Action of a Zener Diode
12.7. Demonstration of Hall Effect
CHAPTER 13. Experiments with Semiconductor Circuits
13.1. Variation of Current Gain with Frequency and Emitter Current
13.2. Common Emitter Amplifier
13.3. The Emitter Follower
13.4. The Tuned Collector Oscillator
13.5. Transistor R.C. Oscillators
13.6. Multivibrator Circuits
13.7. A Semiconductor Modulator
CHAPTER 14. Design Experiments
14.1. Single-stage Audio Amplifier
14.2. Simple D.C. Stabilizer
14.3. Power Stabilizer Circuits
14.4. Frequency Modulation, with a Varactor
14.5. Semiconductor Gate Circuits
14.6. Push-pull Driver Amplifier Stage
Appendix A: Answers to Numerical Questions
Appendix B: References for Further Reading
Appendix C: Proof of μ = re/2rc (1–α0)
Appendix D: Classification of Symbols
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