"intrinsic semiconductor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: intrinsic semiconductors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} intrinsic semiconductor (plural intrinsic semiconductors)
  1. (physics) An undoped semiconductor. This means that holes in the valence band are vacancies created by electrons that have been thermally excited to the conduction band, as opposed to doped semiconductors where holes or electrons are supplied by a “foreign” atom acting as an impurity. Categories (topical): Physics
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