There's "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", which describes all the
atomic processes in a semiconductor. ISBN is 013061792X. It's ~$40 at
nerdbooks.com .
- Marcel

On 9/22/06, Forrest W. Christian <forrestc@imach.com> wrote:
> John Chung wrote:
>
> >I already have that. Still does not give me the depth
> >I want on semiconductor theory:( Theory of the
> >behavior of the silicon for a given environment or
> >operation.
> >
> I'm not aware of any book which specifically deals with that in
> particular.  I'd envision that to be very difficult since there are so
> many subtle variations.   I.E. a normal NPN transistor operates like
> this except when x, y or z and b are true.    The trick is really
> understanding what the limits are and staying inside them.
>
> A good source for some "theory" are the manufacturers app notes, white
> papers, data sheets, and other documents.   Onsemi (previously Motorola)
> has some good papers on differnet failure modes.  See their AN1628-D
> which is entitled "Understanding Power Transistor Breakdown Parameters"
> for an example.   If you can get ahold of an old (circa '90 or so)
> motorola FET data book, there are some cool examples and instructions on
> how to use FET's within it.
>
> Another book I've found to be both an entertaining read and very helpful
> in learing why things do and don't work (the title is a bit of a
> misnomer) is "Troubleshooting Analog Circuits" by Robert A. Pease.
> Although it doesn't cover all of the theory you want, it does provide a
> good peek into the ways that you can seriously break a design, and how
> to fix them.   One example is a story in the book where Pease built a
> test instrument containing a diode, which worked great until he picked
> the unit up, at which point it started failing.   Put it back down, it
> works again.   When he finally figured it out he found that one
> particular diode had some of it's dark paint scraped off and as such
> light was getting in the diode junction and causing photoelectric
> effects to occur.
>
> I'm sure there's others out there but these are the favorites I use when
> I need to.
>
> -forrest
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