Semiconductors and the information revolution magic crystals that made IT happen
Later chapters cover the application of compound semiconductors to light-emitting devices, such as LEDs and lasers, and light detecting devices such as photocells. We learn how these developments led to the invention of the CD player and DVD recorder, how other materials were applied to the developm...
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2009
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Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- What Exactly is a Semiconductor: and what can it do?
- The First Hundred Years: From Faraday to Yesterday
- Birth of the Transistor: Point Contacts and P-N Junctions
- Micro and Macro: The Integrated Circuit and Power Electronics
- Laser Beams and Microwaves: Gallium Arsenide and Indium Phosphide
- Quantum Theory and Quantum Practice: The Nanostructure Revolution
- Light-Emitting Diodes: White Light for Green Consumers
- Information Highways and the Fibre Revolution
- Seeing in the Dark: Image Tubes and Thermal Viewers
- Large Area Electronics: Flat Screen TV and Solar Electricity