Strain Effect in Semiconductors Theory and Device Applications /

• Main Authors: Sun, Yongke. (Author), Thompson, Scott E. (Author), Nishida, Toshikazu. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Edition: First.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electronics.; Optical materials.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Optical and Electronic Materials.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0552-9

Strain Effect in Semiconductors: Theory and Device Applications presents the fundamentals and applications of strain in semiconductors and semiconductor devices that is relevant for strain-enhanced advanced CMOS technology and strain-based piezoresistive MEMS transducers. The book discusses relevant...

Table of Contents:

• Stress, strain, piezoresistivity and piezoelectricity
• Strain and semiconductor crystal symmetry
• Band structures of strained semiconductors
• Low dimensional semiconductor structures
• Semiconductor transport
• Strain in electron devices
• Piezoresistive strain sensors
• Strain effects in optoelectronic devices
• Chapter heading.