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Additional Reading
Simon M. Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 2nd ed. (1981), is a classic, in-depth treatment of the physics and mathematical models of semiconductor devices. Simon M. Sze (ed.), Modern Semiconductor Device Physics (1998), updates and complements the preceding book.
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The changing landscape of semiconductor manufacturing: why the health sector should care. | Sep 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IBM - What is a semiconductor? | Oct 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The changing landscape of semiconductor manufacturing: why the health sector should care. | Jul 25, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: City University of Hong Kong - Semiconductor Materials and Physics (PDF). | Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Semiconductors in 21st Century ? The First Decade (PDF). | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scholars at HARVARD - Semiconductors. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - A Review on Semiconductors Including Applications and Temperature Effects in Semiconductors (PDF). | Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project - History of High Tech - Semiconductors, ICs, PCs. | Jun 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Semiconductor Industry Association - Semiconductors are the Brains of Modern Electronics. | Dec 08, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Semiconductors. | May 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Education - Semiconductor. | May 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Investopedia - Semiconductor. | Mar 05, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 12, 2021 | ||
| Added cross-references throughout. | Nov 05, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 22, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Edison Tech Center - Semiconductor. | Mar 14, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Computer History Museum - The Silicon Engine - 1874: Semiconductor Point-Contact Rectifier Effect is Discovered. | Jun 28, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Semiconductor. | Feb 01, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Electronics - Semiconductor. | Jan 25, 2011 | ||
| Added diagram depicting movement of an electron hole. | Oct 27, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Conductors versus Semiconductors. | May 11, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Computer - How Semiconductors Work. | Jun 06, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | May 28, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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