Questions tagged [semiconductors]
Most generally a class of materials that are neither insulators or conductors in their natural state, but which can be manipulated via doping or electric fields to change their conduction state. Silicon, Germanium, and GaAs are some usual materials. The term is also used to speak about devices that are made from such materials, for example, a processor from Intel can be called a semiconductor.
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Orientaion Flat on Semiconductor Wafer
On semiconductor wafers there is a straight line, which is called Orientation Flat.
What exactly are these and how they are formed?
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fundamental difference between a metal and a semiconductor?
A fundamental difference between a metal and a semiconductor is that
the former is unipolar, whereas a semiconductor is bipolar.
[Section 2.5, Millmans Integrated electronics]
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Where are the depletion PMOS transistors?
In school, I was taught about PMOS and NMOS transistors, and about enhancement- and depletion-mode transistors. Here's the short version of what I understand:
Enhancement means that the channel is ...
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End of Life Component Source needed [closed]
Where is the best source on the web to find authorized excess and end-of-life components?
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Doping Semiconductors
I have two questions on semiconductors that I hope someone will be able to help me with.
I have been told that a semiconductor is classed as N-Type when it's donor density is greater than its ...
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