Electronic devices and materials

During the past decade, technology has become more pervasive, encroaching more and more on our lives.

The Gunn-Hilsum Effect covers the physical principles controlling the operation of transferred electron devices.

The Winter School held in Les Houches on March 12-21, 1985 was devoted to Semiconductor Heterojunctions and Superlattices, a topic which is recognized as being now one of the most interesting and active fields in semiconductor physics.

Comprehensive coverage of organic electronics, including fundamental theory, basic properties, characterization methods, device physics, and future trends Organic semiconductor materials have vast commercial potential for a wide range of applications, from self-emitting OLED displays and solid-state lighting to plastic electronics and organic solar cells.

This book covers virtually all aspects of semiconductor nanowires, from growth to related applications, in detail.

PIC BASIC is the simplest and quickest way to get up and running - designing and building circuits using a microcontroller.

The realizations of physical systems whose quantum states can be directly manipulated have been pursued for experiments on fundamental problems in quantum mechanics and implementations of quantum information devices.

Handbook of Materials Failure Analysis: With Case Studies from the Electronics Industries examines the reasons materials fail in certain situations, including material defects and mechanical failure as a result of various causes.

The emergence of nanoelectronics has led us to renew the concepts of transport theory used in semiconductor device physics and the engineering community.

Modern embedded systems require high performance, low cost and low power consumption.

What are the physical mechanisms that underlie the efficient generation and transfer of energy at the nanoscale?

The self-assembled nanostructured materials described in this book offer a number of advantages over conventional material technologies in a wide range of sectors.

The latest techniques for designing state-of-the-art power supplies, including resonant (LLC) convertersExtensively revised throughout, Switching Power Supply Design & Optimization, Second Edition, explains how to design reliable, high-performance switching power supplies for today's cutting-edge electronics.

This book highlights the new technologies and applications presented at the 2021 International Conference on Precision Instruments and Optical Engineering held in Chengdu, China from 25 to 27 August 2021.

This concise volume examines the characteristic electronic parameters of semiconductor interfaces, namely the barrier heights of metal-semiconductor or Schottky contacts and the valence-band discontinuities of semiconductor-semiconductor interfaces or heterostructures.

This book deals with theoretical bases of the modern optics division concerned with coherent light fields with singularities characterized by phase uncertainty.

In an embedded system, firmware is the software that directly interfaces with the microcontroller, controlling the system's function.

Ted Van Sickle spent over fifteen years at Motorola as a microcontroller specialist.

A highly comprehensive summary on circuit related modeling techniques and parameter extraction methods for heterojunction bipolar transistors Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) is one of the most important devices for microwave applications.

An accessible introduction to the behaviour of charged carriers in semiconductors and semiconductor devices.

Advances in Bionanocomposites: Materials, Applications, and Life Cycle brings together the latest research in bio-based nanocomposites, with a strong emphasis on improved sustainability in terms of preparation, lifecycle and end applications.

Modern Assembly Language Programming with the ARM Processor, Second Edition is a tutorial-based book on assembly language programming using the ARM processor.

Colloidal nanocrystals show much promise as an optoelectronics architecture due to facile control over electronic properties afforded by chemical control of size, shape, and heterostructure.

Advanced techniques for characterizing thin film growth in situ help to develop improved understanding and faster diagnosis of issues with the process.

This volume is the third of a set of seven on the topic of photovoltaics.

Synthesis of Six- and Seven-Membered Heterocycles: The Role of DMF and its Synthesis compares different synthetic approaches using DMF, including the advantages and disadvantages of those reactions, green methods, and the sustainability of reported synthetic methodologies, especially the microwave methods.

This book is concerned with compound semiconductor bulk materials and has been written for students, researchers and engineers in material science and device fabrication.

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This proceedings book contains selected and expanded contributions presented at the 7th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications, held in Beijing, China, on Oct 21-23, 2022.

The combination of laser and optoelectronics with optical fiber technology can enhance the seamless activities of fiber-optic communications and fiber-sensor arena.

This thesis focuses on two areas - the development of miniature plastic lasers that can be powered by LEDs, and the application of these lasers as highly sensitive sensors for vapours of nitroaromatic explosives (e.

The right clothing and equipment is of vital importance to the survival and effectiveness of military personnel.

Explore various constraints and challenges that embedded developers encounter in their daily tasks and learn how to build effective programs using the latest standards of C++Key FeaturesGet hands-on experience in developing a sample application for an embedded Linux-based systemExplore advanced topics such as concurrency, real-time operating system (RTOS), and C++ utilitiesLearn how to test and debug your embedded applications using logs and profiling toolsBook DescriptionDeveloping applications for embedded systems may seem like a daunting task as developers face challenges related to limited memory, high power consumption, and maintaining real-time responses.

This book provides the reader with an introduction to the physics of complex plasmas, a discussion of the specific scientific and technical challenges they present and an overview of their potential technological applications.

This book focuses on the progress in optoelectronic materials research and technologies, presenting reviews and original works on the theory, fabrication, characterization, and applications of optoelectronic materials.

Nanotechnology for Oil-Water Separation: From Fundamentals to Industrial Applications explores how nanotechnologically engineered solutions (modified meshes, carbon nanotubes, functionalized fabrics, textile or hybrid elements for bio-membranes, nanofibrous materials, and many more) can be used to remediate current damage to the environment for a better tomorrow.

Provides in-depth knowledge on novel materials that make electronics work under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions This book reviews the state of the art in research and development of lead-free interconnect materials for electronic packaging technology.

Introduction to Microcontrollers is a comprehensive, introductory text/reference for electrical and computer engineers and students with little experience with a high-level programming language.

The study of Silicone Germanium strained layers has broad implications for material scientists and engineers, in particular those working on the design and modelling of semi-conductor devices.

This book showcases the state of the art in the field of electronics, as presented by researchers and engineers at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Italian Electronics Society (SIE), held in Noto (SR), Italy, on September 6-8, 2023.

Relates the core principles of quantum mechanics to practical applications in engineering, physics, and nanotechnology.

Memristors have provided a new direction of thinking for circuit designers to overcome the limits of scalability and for thinking of building systems beyond Moore's law.

Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale, defines a new field of science, and describes the processes, systems and devices at the interface between chemistry and information sciences.

This book covers the theory and applications of high-speed analog-to-digital conversion.

Starting from a broad overview of heat transport based on the Boltzmann Transport Equation, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of heat transport in bulk and nanomaterials based on a kinetic-collective model (KCM).

This book describes in detail the reported synthesis methods of inorganic perovskite semiconductors, including nanocrystal, films, and single crystals.

Embedded Systems: ARM Programming and Optimization, Second Edition combines an exploration of the ARM architecture with an examination of the facilities offered by the Linux operating system to explain how various features of program design can influence processor performance.

This thesis presents optical methods to split the energy levels of electronic valleys in transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) by means of coherent light-matter interactions.