Semiconductors and the information revolution : magic crystals that made IT happen /: magic crystals that made IT happen. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By John W. Orton.
• Other Names: Orton, J. W (John Wilfred)
• Contents: What Exactly is a Semiconductor: and what can it do? -- The First Hundred Years: From Faraday to Yesterday -- Birth of the Transistor: Point Contacts and P-N Junctions -- Micro and Macro: The Integrated Circuit and Power Electronics -- Laser Beams and Microwaves: Gallium Arsenide and Indium Phosphide -- Quantum Theory and Quantum Practice: The Nanostructure Revolution -- Light-Emitting Diodes: White Light for Green Consumers -- Information Highways and the Fibre Revolution -- Seeing in the Dark: Image Tubes and Thermal Viewers -- Large Area Electronics: Flat Screen TV and Solar Electricity.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Oxford : Academic
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 339 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 621.38152; Semiconductors -- History; Electronic apparatus and appliances -- History; Information technology -- History; Semiconductors; Semiconductors -- History; Electronic apparatus and appliances -- History; Information technology -- History; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electronics -- Solid State; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electronics -- Semiconductors; Electronic apparatus and appliances; Information technology; Semiconductors; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080963907; 0080963900
• Related ISBNs: 9780444532404; 0444532404
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.