Beyer, Ellis (2011) Semiconductor technology. The English Press, Delhi, India. ISBN 9789381157329
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Abstract
A semiconductor technology is a technology with electrical conductivity due to electron flow (as opposed to ionic conductivity) intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter. Semiconductor materials are the foundation of modern electronics, including radio, computers, telephones, and many other devices. Such devices include transistors, solar cells, many kinds of diodes including the light-emitting diode, the silicon controlled rectifier, and digital and analog integrated circuits. Similarly, semiconductor solar photovoltaic panels directly convert light energy into electrical energy. In a metallic conductor, current is carried by the flow of electrons. In semiconductors, current is often schematized as being carried either by the flow of electrons or by the flow of positively charged "holes" in the electron structure of the material. Actually, however, in both cases only electron movements are involved.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Nurfarahin Jasmine See Abdullah |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2022 06:32 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2022 06:37 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3053 |
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