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FIIG:  A110A0

Entry Date:  Apr-01-1974

Concept:  

Status:  A

Applicability:  F

Type:  0

Definition:  A grouping of two or more individual semiconductor devices, such as transistors, diodes, and photo semiconductor devices. It includes matched pairs. Excludes: ABSORBER, OVERVOLTAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ASSEMBLY. For interconnected items functioning as power supply rectifiers, see RECTIFIER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE.

Basic INC:  70627

Basic Name:  SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

Description:  1. An electron device in which the characteristic distinguishing electronic conduction takes place within a semiconductor which is an electronic conductor with resistivity in the range between metals and insulators and in which the electrical charge carrier concentration increases with increasing temperature over part of its temperature range. The semiconductor utilizes two types of carriers namely negative electrons and positive holes.