Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
semiconductor device
References & Edit History Related Topics
Images
conductivities semiconductor bonds p-n junction characteristics (A) Perspective of a p-n-p bipolar transistor; (B) idealized one-dimensional transistor; (C) symbols for p-n-p and n-p-n bipolar transistors (E is an emitter, B is a base, and C is a collector). (A) Common-emitter configuration of a p-n-p transistor; (B) output characteristics for a p-n-p transistor in the common-emitter configuration. (A) Perspective of a three-terminal thyristor; (B) one-dimensional cross section of a thyristor with its symbol; (C) current-voltage characteristics of a thyristor. (A) Perspective of a MESFET; (B) current-voltage characteristics of a MESFET; (C) the symbol of the MESFET. (S is the source, G is the gate, and D is the drain.) Cross section of a heterojunction FET having a conductive channel at the heterojunction interface. (A) Perspective of a MOSFET with (B) symbols for n- and p-channel devices.

semiconductor device: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • William Coffeen Holton
    Visiting Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Former Director, Microstructure Sciences, Semiconductor Research Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
  • S.M. Sze

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Academia - Semiconductor Devices Physics And Technology. Apr 10, 2016
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Basics of Semiconductors. Dec 04, 2014
Article revised. May 27, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
View Changes:
Article History
Revised:
By: