The use of diamond for electronic applications is not a new idea.
As early as the 1920's diamonds were considered for their use as
photoconductive detectors. However limitations in size and control
of properties naturally limited the use of diamond to a few
specialty applications. With the development of diamond synthesis
from the vapor phase has come a more serious interest in developing
diamond-based electronic devices. A unique combination of extreme
properties makes diamond partiCularly well suited for high speed,
high power, and high temperature applications. Vapor phase
deposition of diamond allows large area films to be deposited,
whose properties can potentially be controlled. Since the process
of diamond synthesis was first realized, great progress have been
made in understanding the issues important for growing diamond and
fabricating electronic devices. The quality of both intrinsic and
doped diamond has improved greatly to the point that viable
applications are being developed. Our understanding of the
properties and limitations has also improved greatly. While a
number of excellent references review the general properties of
diamond, this volume summarizes the great deal of literature
related only to electronic properties and applications of diamond.
We concentrate only on diamond; related materials such as
diamond-like carbon (DLC) and other wide bandgap semiconductors are
not treated here. In the first chapter Profs. C. Y. Fong and B. M.
Klein discuss the band structure of single-crystal diamond and its
relation to electronic properties.
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