Term · General Industry
Intrinsic semiconductor
Pure, undoped semiconductor in which electron and hole concentrations are equal and set only by thermal excitation across the bandgap. Every real device is extrinsic, using doping to deliberately unbalance those two populations.
- Also known as
- Intrinsic silicon, Undoped semiconductor
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- General Industry, Device physics
Notes
Intrinsic carrier concentration rises sharply with temperature, which is the deep reason silicon devices stop working when hot enough.
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