A revised tight-binding Hamiltonian parametrization scheme for calculating the electronic structure of both covalent and ion-covalent solids is proposed. Unlike the conventional approaches, the present nonempirical calculation does not rely on any empirical parameter. We use the atomic properties of isolated atoms to construct the matrix elements. Results show that the predicted charge transfer in SiO 2 and Si 3 N 4 , the bandgap energies of SiO 2 , Si 3 N 4 , and SiO x N y films, as well as the electron and hole barriers at the Si/ SiO 2 , Si/ Si 3 N 4 , and Si/ SiO x N y interfaces are in good agreement with the experimental findings reported in literatures.