I.) Basics

• Crystal Structure. (A brief summary by D.W. Palmer)
• Physical Properties. (Properties of Si, Ge and Compound Semiconductors)
• Semiconductor Physics. (Basics of Semiconductors)
• Physical Properties in detail. (Band structures, carrier concentrations and all other Properties)
• Electrical Properties of Semiconductors. (Conductivity, doping, processing, crystal growth)
• The p-n Junction. (Underlying physics and introduction to the p-n Junction)
• The MOS structure. (MOS Capacitor Structure)
• Metal-Semiconductor Junctions. (Metal-Semiconductor Structure)
• Java Applets Illustrations. (P-N Junction; MOS capacitor; drift, diffusion and generation)
• More Semiconductor Applets. (The Semiconductor Applet Service)

II.) Devices

• Diodes. (The p-n junction Diode under reverse and forward bias)
• Different types of Diodes. (Explaining the differences between Diode types)
• The Bipolar Transistor. (Physics and Operation of the Bipolar Transistor)
• The MOSFET. (Physics and Operation of the MOSFET)
• The JFET. (JFET Operation and Applications)
• The IGBT. (IGBT Characteristics)
• Thyristors. (The SCR, Diac, Triac and Unijunction Transistor)
• Java Applet: The Diode. (I-V and C-V curves for the biased Diode)
• Java Applet: The BJT. (Narrow Base vs. Long Base BJT)
• Java Applet: The MOSFET. (Current-Voltage Operation)

III.) Semiconductor Fabrication

• The Manufacturing Process. (Description of all the Processing steps involved)
• The Fabrication Steps. (Illustration of major Fabrication steps)
• Crystal growth. (Methods for crystal growth, including Czochralski's Method)
• Oxidation of Silicon. (Method to create oxide layer on Silicon)
• Photolithography. (The Photolithography process)
• Doping Process. (Ion Implantation process)
• Thin Film Deposition. (Deposition by CVD)
• Fabrication of a P-N Junction. (Java Applet to building a p-n Junction)
• Fabrication of MOS Devices. (Thorough description of MOS Device Fabrication)
• Java Applet to building an FET. (Interactive FET Fabrication)
• Java Applet to buiding an FET and a BJT. (Interactive FET and BJT Fabrication)
• Java Applet to building a CMOS transistor pair. (Interactive, showing top and side views)

IV.)Other Semiconductor Topics