The PN Junction Diode: Volume II (2nd Edition) (Modular Series on Solid State Dev., Vol 2)
by George W. Neudeck

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Book Review: Technical errors fatally flaw this book
Summary: 1 Stars

For example in the derivation of the ideal diode equation, the author claims that both drift and diffusion currents flow from one side of the junction to the other, which when no bias is applied balance for both electrons and holes. In fact no drift currents flow across an ideal PN junction, since no carriers exist where there is an electric field. It is true that within the depletion layer, large diffusion and drift currents flow, which balance in thermal equilibrium so that the Fermi level is flat through the junction. However under bias, quite separate currents flow from one side of the junction to the other, which have nothing to do with drift. For a full explanation refer to the book by Muller & Kamins, "Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits" (2nd ed.), Wiley, 1986, ISBN 0471887587.

Such fundamental errors are inexcusable in a book purporting to teach fundamentals.

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