1. Semiconductor - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Fundamentals of semiconductors Physics and Materials Properties. Springer. ISBN 3540-41323-5; External links. Howstuffworks' semiconductor page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor

Semiconductor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For information on devices using semiconductors and their history, see semiconductor device This article is about the material. For the artists, see Semiconductor (artists) A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow (as opposed to ionic conductivity ) intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator . This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 10 to 10 siemens per centimeter. Semiconductor materials are the foundation of modern electronics, including radio, computers, telephones, and many other devices. Such devices include transistors solar cells , many kinds of diodes including the light-emitting diode, the silicon controlled rectifier, and digital and analog integrated circuits. Similarly, semiconductor solar photovoltaic panels directly convert light energy into electrical energy. In a metallic conductor, current is carried by the flow of electrons . In semiconductors, current is often schematized as being carried either by the flow of electrons or by the flow of positively charged " holes " in the electron structure of the material. Actually, however, in both cases only electron movements are involved.

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