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A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. Its conductivity can be modified by adding impurities ("doping") to its crystal structure.
History, Early history of semiconductors & Materials
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| Semiconductor | is a | material with electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator | 0.90 | text |
| microchips | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| computer processors | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| which work using the physical properties of semiconductors.The behavior of charge carriers | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| which include electrons | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| ions | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| and electron holes | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| at these junctions is the basis of diodes | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| transistors | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| and most modern electronics | instance of | is sometimes used to refer to semiconductor devices | 0.80 | text |
| silicon | instance of | Such disordered materials lack the rigid crystalline structure of conventional semiconductors | 0.80 | text |
| the Drude model | instance of | one may also think about conduction in very simplistic terms | 0.80 | text |
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