# 3. Silicon: General Properties and Technologies

## 3.1 General Properties

### 3.1.1 Conductivity, Lifetime and Lattice Defects

### 3.1.2 Diffusion

### 3.1.3 Mechanical, Thermal, and Other Properties

## 3.2 Silicon Production

### 3.2.1 Single Crystals and Wafers

### 3.2.2 Silicon for Solar Cells

### 3.2.3 Crystal Lattice Defects in Si

## 3.3 General Device and Product Considerations

### 3.3.1 Interfaces and Contacts

### 3.3.2 Scaling Laws

## 3.4 Basic Silicon Devices

### 3.4.1 Junction Diodes

### 3.4.2 Bipolar Transistors

### 3.4.3 MOS Transistors

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