Semiconductor materials and their electronic properties and applications to electronic devices; p-n junctions; transistors; junction field effect transistors and MOS devices; and introduction to integrated circuits. Detailed presentation of advanced concepts such as generation- recombination, hot electron effects, and breakdown mechanisms; essential features of small ac characteristics, switching and transient behavior of p-n junctions, bipolar and MOS transistors; addresses fundamental issues for device modeling and discusses the perspective and limitations of Si-devices.