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FIIG:  T01200

Entry Date:  Sep-10-1982

Concept:  

Status:  A

Applicability:  C

Type:  0

Definition:  A grouping of two or more semiconducting devices such as LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DIODE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHOTO; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, THYRISTOR; and/or TRANSISTOR mounted on a common mounting or mounted on each other. The devices must be separable and each item must be capable of functioning in accordance with its given name. For assemblies consisting of semiconducting devices permanently cased, encapsulated, or potted together to form a single unit, see RECTIFIER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, UNITIZED and SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, UNITIZED. Excludes: SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SET; MICROCIRCUIT ASSEMBLY; and MICROCIRCUIT SET. See also ABSORBER, OVERVOLTAGE.

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.