Term · General Industry
n-type
Semiconductor doped with donor atoms so that electrons are the majority carriers and holes the minority. It forms the source and drain of NMOS devices and one side of every PN junction.
- Also known as
- N-type, n-doped
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- General Industry, Device physics
Notes
The n refers to negative charge carriers, not to a negative charge on the material, which is electrically neutral overall.
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