Written by Tony R. Kuphaldt, this chapter of All About Circuit's third volume on Semiconductors describes the physics behind diodes and rectifiers. The chapter is divided into fourteen sections on topics including diode...

All About Circuits is a website that “provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics.” Written by Tony R. Kuphaldt, the textbooks available here are wonderful resources for students, teachers,...

This is full course in Electronic Materials offered by Prof. Dr. Helmut Föll of the University of Kiel in Germany. The course cover in detail the following topics: conductors, dialectrics, magnetics, semiconductor...

This web site presents illustrations of the Fermi surfaces of many of the elements in the periodic table. Interactive 3D illustrations, stereo-3D images, and standard jpeg images are available. Surfaces can be displayed...

This webpage includes an animation of a formation of a PN Junction Diode and its Band Diagram. This interactive applet is a good way to help students see the relationship.