Lesson in Electrionics - Semiconductors

• Chapter 1: AMPLIFIERS AND ACTIVE DEVICES
• Chapter 2: SOLID-STATE DEVICE THEORY ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 3: DIODES AND RECTIFIERS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 4: BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 5: JUNCTION FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 6: INSULATED-GATE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 7: THYRISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 8: OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 9: PRACTICAL ANALOG SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 10: ACTIVE FILTERS ***PENDING***
• Chapter 11: DC MOTOR DRIVES ***PENDING***
• Chapter 12: INVERTERS AND AC MOTOR DRIVES ***PENDING***
• Chapter 13: ELECTRON TUBES
• Appendix 1: ABOUT THIS BOOK
• Appendix 2: CONTRIBUTOR LIST
• Appendix 3: DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE

• Complete chapter 6: "Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistors."
• Complete chapter 3: "Diodes and Rectifiers."
• Complete "Practical Analog Semiconductor Circuits" chapter. See section headings within this chapter for an idea of the content I'm planning on. The completion of the first section ("Power supply circuits") should be top priority in this chapter.
• Write "Active Filters" chapter (#10).
• Write "DC Motor Drives" chapter (#11).
• Write "Inverters and AC Motor Drives" chapter (#12).
• Complete chapter 2: "Solid-State Device Theory." What I'm looking for is a chapter that explains the quantum mechanisms of semiconductor devices in as much detail possible without involving calculus. Impossible? Perhaps, but it's worth a try! I cringe every time I read an introductory text on semiconductors that attempts to describe electron and hole interaction in terms of classical physics . . .
• Complete chapter 4: "Bipolar Junction Transistors."
• Complete chapter 5: "Junction Field-Effect Transistors."
• Complete chapter 7: "Thyristors." Discuss 4-quadrant firing of TRIACs.
• Complete chapter 8: "Operational Amplifiers." Add section on chopper-stabilization of amplifiers.
• Expand coverage of electron tubes in chapter 13.