Electronic Devices and Components
Malcolm E. Goodge · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 1990
Consideration of the general limitations to electronic device operation: temperature and voltage. Discussion of power dissipation, thermal resistance, derating, breakdown. Brief treatment of semiconductor material and the physical operation of the junction diode; contact potential, forward and reverse bias, leakage, I–V characteristic, effects of temperature variation. Explanation of the operation of the various types of transistor: bipolar, junction FET, MOST with corresponding static equations and characteristics. Types and performance of passive components: resistors, capacitors, inductors and transformers with particular reference to manufacturers’ specifications.