Textbooks and Books

1. S.M. Sze and Kwok K. Ng, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 3rd Edition, Wiley-Interscience, 2006.

   • ISBN: 978-0-471-14323-9
   • Chapter 3: Metal-Semiconductor Contacts (pp. 134-196)
   • Sections 3.1-3.4: Schottky barriers, barrier height, current transport
   • Wiley Online Library

2. S.M. Sze, Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

   • ISBN: 978-0-470-53794-7
   • Chapter 5: Schottky and Ohmic Contacts (pp. 149-175)
   • Sections on rectifying contacts and contact resistance
   • Wiley Online

3. Ben G. Streetman and Sanjay Kumar Banerjee, Solid State Electronic Devices, 7th Edition, Pearson, 2014.

   • ISBN: 978-0-133-35614-3
   • Chapter 5: Field Effect Transistors and Related Devices (pp. 180-220)
   • Section 5.1: Metal-Semiconductor Junctions (pp. 180-195)
   • Pearson

4. Robert F. Pierret, Semiconductor Device Fundamentals, Addison-Wesley, 1996.

   • ISBN: 978-0-201-54393-6
   • Chapter 11: Schottky and Ohmic Contacts (pp. 381-421)
   • Detailed derivations of barrier height and I-V characteristics

5. Donald A. Neamen, Semiconductor Physics and Devices: Basic Principles, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2011.

   • ISBN: 978-0-073-52958-5
   • Chapter 9: Metal-Semiconductor and Semiconductor Heterojunctions (pp. 373-425)
   • Section 9.1: Schottky Barrier Diode (pp. 373-395)
   • Section 9.2: Ohmic Contacts (pp. 395-405)
   • McGraw-Hill

6. E.H. Rhoderick and R.H. Williams, Metal-Semiconductor Contacts, 2nd Edition, Oxford Science Publications, 1988.

   • ISBN: 978-0-198-59336-0
   • Chapters 1-3: Barrier formation, theory, and characteristics (pp. 1-120)
   • Classic reference on metal-semiconductor contact theory

Online Resources

7. BYU Cleanroom - Ohmic and Schottky Contacts

   • Educational resource on contact types and fabrication

8. ECE Illinois - Semiconductor Devices

   • Course materials on semiconductor device physics