The MOS transistor: Pao-Sah and Brews models; Short channel effects in MOS transistors. Hot-carrier effects in MOS transistors; Quasi-static compact models of MOS transistors; Measurement of MOS transistor parameters; Scaling and transistors structures for ULSI; Silicon-on-insulator transistors; High-field and radiation effects in transistors; The bipolar transistor: Ebers-Moll model; charge control model; small-signal and switching characteristics; Graded-base and graded-emitter transistors; High-current and high-frequency effects; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Junction FETs; JFET, MESFET and heterojunction FET.