Semiconductor Devices and Circuits

Progress in semiconductor technology in typical products such as memories and microprocessors has enabled the electronics industry to achieve remarkable growth. The driving force behind the higher performance of electronic equipment has been the evolution of semiconductor technology, especially the higher density and higher speed made possible by finer-pattern processes. With a concerted drive toward technological development, we have been building up the infrastructure of our society in order to realize a better future. At present, one of the major technologies supporting such technological development is power electronics, which is widely used in almost every field of our daily life.Semiconductor Devices And Circuits represents a unique collection of the latest developments in the rapidly developing world of semiconductor technology and applications. It deals with an efficient and validated time-domain numerical modelling of semiconductor based circuits. Recent trends in power semiconductor device technology that are leading to improvements in power losses for power electronic systems are reviewed. In the case of low voltage (