semiconductor device
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- /ˌsɛmɪˈkɒndʌktər dɪˈvaɪs/
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dispositivo semiconductor
- Engineers are creating advanced semiconductor devices that can operate at higher temperatures than traditional materials.
There are LEDs or semiconductor devices which provide photons with interesting statistical properties.
- There are LEDs or semiconductor devices which provide photons with interesting statistical properties.
Examples
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Advances in lithographic imaging techniques and materials have played a key role in the remarkable evolution of semiconductor devices and circuits, where the continuing drive toward miniaturization has led to improved performance and lower costs.
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There are LEDs or semiconductor devices which provide photons with interesting statistical properties.
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Semiconductor device development has not been slowed as yet by physical limits but rather by economic ones.
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The transistor was not the first semiconductor device, nor was silicon the first semiconductor material of choice.
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Flash memories are the most promising of the nonvolatile semiconductor devices, although they have many practical drawbacks.
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We expect that further development of semiconductor devices with low dark currents will allow tritium betavoltaics to approach the Q = 70% line.
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The laser market has developed along a curve that mimics the development of the market for semiconductor devices and chips, with a time lag of roughly 17 years.
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The device itself was invented in 1960, became a major element in computer memories by 1972, and is now the dominant active (or amplifying) semiconductor device.
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A quantum leap in efficiency promises to come from the light-emitting diode, a solid-state semiconductor device that emits a bright light and has twice the efficiency and ten times the lifetime of CFLs.
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The new generation of semiconductor devices plays a crucial role in modern electronics by regulating electrical flow efficiently.
Synonyms
A small part made from a material that controls electric current in electronic devices
Antonyms
How Conductive
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'semiconductor device' is simply a 'device' made from a 'semiconductor' material, so a learner who knows both constituent meanings can derive the compound sense. This noun–noun compounding pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, making the expression transparent despite its technical register.
Etymology
The name semiconductor device comes from materials that are partly a conductor and partly an insulator, because semi means 'partly'. Imagine a part that lets electricity through sometimes and blocks it other times. That 'in-between' ability to control electricity is why the phrase means an electronic component used in circuits.