Suggested Course Textbook:

“Advanced Theory of Semiconductor Devices” by Karl Hess (IEEE Press).

Most of the course material will come from this book and we will follow its layout and coverage for the majority of the course. This is also a classic reference text that every graduate student in the semiconductor area should own.

 http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Theory-Semiconductor-Devices-Karl/dp/0780334795

Supplemental Textbooks:

“Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Material Properties” by Peter Y. Yu and Emanuel Cardona (Springer)

• A little more on the physics side, but an excellent textbook with great coverage of electronic structure, electron scattering rates, and transport in chapters 2, 3 and 5, respectively

“Basic Semiconductor Physics” by Chihiro Hamaguchi (Springer)

• Great coverage of transport in chapter 6 and quantum structures in chapter 8. Overall an accessible textbook with excellent explanations

“Fundamentals of Carrier Transport” by Mark Lundstrom (Cambridge University Press)

• Very accessible textbook requiring less quantum mechanics background than the previous 3 offerings. Focuses more on transport and spends a lot of time discussing the various electron scattering rates and transport equations, with some introduction to numerical simulation via Monte Carlo and Rode’s method.

Other Useful Links:

ECE535: Theory of Semiconductors and Semiconductor Devices at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece535/