SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PHYSICS AND DESIGN

4 CHAPTER 1. STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTORS

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Figure 1.1: A simple cubic lattice showing the primitive vectors. The crystal is produced by
repeating the cubic cell through space.