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 semiconductor - Definition 

Semiconductor (11518 bytes)
1: ...nsulator is not very well-defined, but roughly, a semiconductor is an insulator with a [[band gap]] small enough ...
3: ...iconductors are used as electronic devices, see [[semiconductor device]].
5: == Fundamental semiconductor physics ==
7: ... in partially-filled bands, so conduction in pure semiconductors occurs only when electrons have been excited--th...
9: ...g line between semiconductors and [[insulator]]s. Semiconductors generally have bandgaps of approximately 1 [[ele...

Dallas Semiconductor (159 bytes)
3: .../www.maxim-ic.com/company/about_dallas.cfm Dallas Semiconductor] is a owned subsidairy of [http://www.maxim-ic.co...

Cypress Semiconductor (930 bytes)
1: '''Cypress Semiconductor''' has been a public high tech company since [[19...
6: ...maker of USB chips, Galvantech, Inc., and Cascade Semiconductor Corporation, a company specializing in one-transi...

P-type semiconductor (639 bytes)
1: ...]], that is adding a certain type of atoms to the semiconductor in order to increase the number of free (in this ...
3: ...nt is also known as ''acceptor material'' and the semiconductor atoms that have lost an electron are known as ''h...
9: * [[Semiconductor]]
10: * [[P-type semiconductor]]

N-type semiconductor (595 bytes)
1: ...]], that is adding a certain type of atoms to the semiconductor in order to increase the number of free (in this ...
3: ...way (donates) weakly-bound outer electrons to the semiconductor atoms. This type of doping agent is also known as...
7: * [[Semiconductor]]
8: * [[P-type semiconductor]]

Semiconductor detector (1101 bytes)
1: ...ctor particle detector''' is a device that uses a semiconductor (usually [[silicon]]) to detect the passage of ch...
3: ...ilicon detectors work, in principle, by [[Doping (Semiconductors)|doping]] narrow (usually around 100 micrometres...

Organic semiconductor (2438 bytes)
1: An '''organic semiconductor''' is an [[Organic compound|organic]] substance w...
3: ...alt crystals are examples of this type of organic semiconductor.
5: ...ired electrons will be the carriers. This type of semiconductor is also obtained by pairing an electron donor mol...
9: ...nd low cost. Melanin, for example, is an organic semiconductor. It is also a [[neuropeptide]], a [[polymer|polym...

Semiconductor fuse (640 bytes)
1: ...r|semiconductors]]. Because of their fast action, semiconductor fuses do limit the short circuit current signific...
3: Semiconductor fuses are available in several different enclosur...

Lattice Semiconductor (532 bytes)
1: '''Lattice Semiconductor Corporation''' is a leading manufacturer of high-...

Nordic Semiconductor (283 bytes)
1: ...(formerly '''Nordic VLSI''') is a manufacturer of semiconductor products, located in [[Trondheim]], [[Norway]].
4: *[http://www.nvlsi.no/ Nordic Semiconductor Home Page]

Freescale Semiconductor (2980 bytes)
1: ...conductor]] manufacturer. It was created from the semiconductor product sector of [[Motorola]] during [[2004]]. ...
7: ...umerous leading market positions in the supply of semiconductor products to these industries:
9: ...iconductor was the global market share leader for semiconductors for automotive applications, and had the second ...
11: ...International Data Corporation]] (IDC), Freescale Semiconductor was the global market share leader for communicat...
13: ... largest global market share for digital baseband semiconductors for cellular handsets.

National Semiconductor (964 bytes)
1: [[Image:National_Semiconductor_logo.png|right]]
3: ...on '''NS''' or '''NSC''') is one of the largest [[semiconductor]] manufacturers, now based in [[Santa Clara, Cali...
21: * [http://www.national.com/ National Semiconductor]

Semiconductor memory (329 bytes)
1: ...ctor]]-based [[integrated circuit]]. Examples of semiconductor memory include [[static RAM]] (SRAM), which relie...

Semiconductor device (8016 bytes)
1: ...sed to the [[vacuum state]] or [[gaseous state]]. Semiconductor devices are available as discrete units (such as ...
3: == Semiconductor device fundamentals ==
5: ...[semiconductor]] for complementary information on semiconductor physics)
7: ...will be discussed below, depends on the fact that semiconductor conductivity can be increased by the presence of ...
9: ...of "free electrons" also requires a background in semiconductor physics to understand. For descriptive ease, "fre...

Fairchild Semiconductor (5105 bytes)
1: ...ne location is the longest continuously operating semiconductor manufacturing facility in the world.
5: In 1956 [[William Shockley]] opened '''Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory''' as a division of [[Beckman Instrume...
9: ... Beckman]], who had put up the money for Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, decided that Shockley should be remov...
11: ...he time germanium was still a common material for semiconductor use.
23: More recently, Fairchild has expanded its semiconductor Manufacturing to include a foundry service for ad...

National Semiconductor SC/MP (479 bytes)
1: The '''SC/MP''' from [[National Semiconductor]] was an early [[microprocessor]], becoming avail...

Semiconductor materials (2699 bytes)
1: ...o [[Semiconductor]]). The defining property of a semiconductor material is that it can be doped with impurities ...
3: ...uters]]) and [[laser|lasers]], the search for new semiconductor materials and the improvement of existing materia...
5: The most commonly used semiconductor materials are crystalline inorganic solids. Thes...
7: ==List of semiconductor materials==
8: *[[Carbon group|Group IV]] elemental semiconductors

Semiconductor device fabrication (3832 bytes)
1: ...on a [[wafer (electronics)|wafer]] made of pure [[semiconductor]] material.
2: [[Silicon]] is the most commonly used semiconductor material today, although [[gallium arsenide]], [[...
6: ...rocess steps are necessary to produce the desired semiconductor [[integrated circuit|integrated circuits]]. In g...
12: ...teps in the fabrication. In this stage the actual semiconductor devices or [[transistor]]s are created. A typica...
14: Once the various semiconductor devices have been created they must be interconne...

Power semiconductor device (4890 bytes)
1: ...'' are essentially electronic devices made from [[semiconductor]] materials (e.g. [[silicon]], [[gallium arsenide...
5: ...ructure results. Naturally, different and extra [[Semiconductor device fabrication|fabrication]] steps are needed...
7: == Parameters of power semiconductor devices ==
16: == Common Power Semiconductor Devices ==
23: ...der [[bandgap]] related properties of these III-V semiconductors compared to silicon. In short, OTPT is expected ...

GSTI Semiconductor Index (406 bytes)
1: ...cturing companies including [[Intel]], [[National Semiconductor]], [[Texas Instruments]], [[Motorola]], [[Advance...

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