Term · General Industry
Carrier
A mobile charge that conducts current in a semiconductor, either an electron in the conduction band or a hole in the valence band. Carrier concentration and carrier mobility together determine how much current a device can pass.
- Also known as
- Charge carrier
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- General Industry, Device physics
Notes
Majority and minority carrier behaviour is what distinguishes bipolar devices from field-effect ones.
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