Solid state devices were first manufactured during:

More Questions from Semiconductor Principles

• What causes the depletion region?
• Electron pair bonding occurs when atoms:
• What is the most significant development in electronics since World War II?
• The natural elements carbon, germanium, and silicon are semiconductors.
• The first integrated circuit was invented in 1959.
• When a voltage is placed across a semiconductor, free electrons move toward the negative voltage.
• When a depletion region of a transistor is large the barrier voltage is also large.
• The number of electrons in the outer shell of carbon, germanium, and silicon is 5.
• The first transistor was invented in 1938.
• A covalent bond is when atoms lose valence shell electrons.

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