Semiconductors, diodes, transistors

contents:Electrical conductivity
! Energy bands in solids
! Band structure and conductivity
Semiconductors
! Intrinsic semiconductors
! Doped semiconductors
" n-type materials
" p-type materials
Diodes and transistors
! p-n junction
depletion region
! forward biased p-n junction
! reverse biased p-n junction
! diode
! bipolar transistor
! operation of bipolar pnp transistor
! FET
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