Thanks for the info Christian. Some of the book on
semiconductor theory covers too much physics on their
end. I doubt I would be counting their cos,sin and etc
formulas.

John

--- "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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