Overview

Almost all semiconductor devices contain metal-semiconductor, insulator-semiconductor, insulator-metal and/or semiconductor-semiconductor interfaces; and their electronic properties determine the device characteristics. This is the first monograph that treats the electronic properties of all different types of semiconductor interfaces. Using the continuum of interface–induced gap states (IFIGS) as a unifying theme, Mönch explains the band-structure lineup at all types of semiconductor interfaces. These intrinsic IFIGS are the wave-function tails of electron states, which overlap a semiconductor band-gap exactly at the interface, so they originate from the quantum-mechanical tunnel effect. He shows that a more chemical view relates the IFIGS to the partial ionic character of the covalent interface-bonds and that the charge transfer across the interface may be modeled by generalizing Pauling’s electronegativity concept. The IFIGS-and-electronegativity theory is used to quantitatively explain the barrier heights and band offsets of well-characterized Schottky contacts and semiconductor heterostructures, respectively.

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Author:   Winfried Mönch
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Volume:   43
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642057786

ISBN 10:   3642057780
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Depletion Layer.- 3. Determination of Barrier Heights and Offsets.- 4. Laterally Inhomogeneous Schottky Contacts.- 5. The IFIGS-and-Electronegativity Theory.- 6. The MIGS-and-Electronegativity Concept: Experiment and Theory.- 7. First-Principles Calculations of Barrier Heights and Valence-Band Offsets.- 8. Temperature and Pressure Effects.- 9. Barrier Heights and Extrinsic Interface Defects.- 10. Extrinsic Interface Dipoles.- 11. Ohmic Contacts.- References.

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From the reviews: This is the first monograph that treats the electronic properties of all different types of semiconductor interfaces. ! The originality of Monch is more in the fact that he uses the interface-induced gap stats (IFIGS) as the unifying concept of his book. ! Altogether, the present book will be very helpful for theorists in the field of semiconductor interface science. (Michel Wautelet, Physicalia, Vol. 28 (4-6), 2006)

From the reviews: This is the first monograph that treats the electronic properties of all different types of semiconductor interfaces. ... The originality of Monch is more in the fact that he uses the interface-induced gap stats (IFIGS) as the unifying concept of his book. ... Altogether, the present book will be very helpful for theorists in the field of semiconductor interface science. (Michel Wautelet, Physicalia, Vol. 28 (4-6), 2006)

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