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Semiconductor device

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semiconductornoun(physics) A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.
semiconductor unitnouna conductor made with semiconducting material
integrated circuitnoun(semiconductors) A thin chip, usually of silicon, consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors.
solid-state electronicssemiconductor electronics: electronic equipment that use semiconductor devices such as transistors, diodes and integrated circuits (ICs).
semiconductor packageA semiconductor package is a metal, plastic, glass, or ceramic casing containing one or more discrete semiconductor devices or integrated circuits.
semiconductor device fabricationthe process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically integrated circuits (ICs) such as microprocessors, microcontrollers, and memories (such as RAM and flash memory).
semiconductor detectorA semiconductor detector in ionizing radiation detection physics is a device that uses a semiconductor (usually silicon or germanium) to measure the effect of incident charged particles or photons.
solid-state devicenoun(computing, technology) Any device which employs the electric, magnetic or optical properties of a solid, especially of semiconductors.
transistornoun(semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
power semiconductor deviceA power semiconductor device is a semiconductor device used as a switch or rectifier in power electronics (for example in a switch-mode power supply).
electronic componentAn electronic component is any basic discrete electronic device or physical entity part of an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields.
electronic circuitnounAn electric circuit having at least one component that manipulates the voltage or current in the circuit
chipnounA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
microcircuitnoun(electronics) An electronic device, usually fabricated by photolithography, that is very small and implements several components or their equivalent; an integrated circuit.
monocrystalline siliconMonocrystalline silicon, often referred to as single-crystal silicon or simply mono-Si, is a critical material widely used in modern electronics and photovoltaics.
linear integrated circuitA linear integrated circuit or analog chip is a set of miniature electronic analog circuits formed on a single piece of semiconductor material.
semiconductor heterostructurenounAny of various structures consisting of two different semiconductors in junction contact; they have unique electrical and electrooptical properties different from those of the components
silicon on insulatorIn semiconductor manufacturing, silicon on insulator technology is fabrication of silicon semiconductor devices in a layered silicon–insulator–silicon substrate, to reduce parasitic capacitance within the device, thereby improving performance.
mesfetA (metal–semiconductor field-effect transistor) a field-effect transistor semiconductor device similar to a JFET with a Schottky (metal–semiconductor) junction instead of a p–n junction for a gate.
light-emitting diodenoun(physics) A rectifying semiconductor device which converts electrical energy into electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength in or near the visible spectrum of light.

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