This book is straight and to-the-point. Anyone who picks up this book up will not be disappointed with it. All concepts are explained in a very accessible and comprehensible manner.

I took semiconductor devices at UCF. This book was very helpful to me in understanding the matrial. As long as you do the required reading and spend a decent amount of time understanding the concepts you will have no problem. One of the things that comes in handy is the list of definitions in appendix 1. If you don't know the meaning of a symbol it will usually be defined there.

I used this book (4th Ed.) for the solid state device class at The University of Illinois (U-C), as a junior. Streetman offers excellent explanations and it is a great reference to me even now! While you have to read it a few times to fully grasp the subject, that is a function of the material and not the writing.

When the 5th Ed. came out, I instantly went out and purchased it! The advanced device sections were updated, while the basics were left virtually untouched. In keeping with the original, Banerjee provides clear explanations of more recent phenomana - mainly in the MOSFET section. This came in handy studying for the qual!!!

Personally, Streetman and Pierret are the only device books I need.