The PN junction is one of the primary building blocks of semiconductors. A diode (one way valve) is a PN junction with p-type on one side and n-type on the other. When a positive voltage is ...

This course presents in-depth discussion and analysis of pn junction and metal-semiconductor contacts including equilibrium behavior, current and capacitance responses under bias, breakdown, ...

This chapter describes the two most commonly used types of capacitors, the P-N junction capacitor and MOS (metal-oxide-semiconductor) capacitor. Therefore, it introduces the basic concepts of two ...