# Semiconductor device ## Links (Wikipedia order) <!-- injected from _registry/childlinks/Semiconductor_device.json (2026-07-30T02:09:12Z) --> `AC_power_plugs_and_sockets` · `Acorn_tube` · `Additron_tube` · `Alloy-junction_transistor` · `Amplifier` · `Antifuse` · `Application-specific_integrated_circuit` · `Applied_Materials` · `Audio_and_video_interfaces_and_connectors` · `Audion` · `Avalanche_diode` · `Avalanche_photodiode` · `Avalanche_transistor` · `BARITT_diode` · `Backward-wave_oscillator` · `Backward_diode` · `Ballistic_collection_transistor` · `Ballistic_deflection_transistor` · `Band_gap` · `Beam_deflection_tube` · `Beam_tetrode` · `Bell_Labs` · `Bendix_Corporation` · `BiCMOS` · `Bifacial_solar_cells` · `Bio-FET` · `Bipolar_junction_transistor` · `Boost_converter` · [[Boron]] · `Boule_(crystal)` · `Buck_converter` · `Buck–boost_converter` · `CMOS` · `CRC_Press` · `Capacitor` · `Capacitor_types` · `Carl_Frosch` · `Cathode_ray_tube` · `Cavity_magnetron` · `Ceramic_resonator` · `Charactron` · `Charge_carrier` · `Charge_pump` · `Chemical_field-effect_transistor` · `Chih-Tang_Sah` · `Chua's_diode` · `Compactron` · `Computer_History_Museum` · `Computron_tube` · `Constant-current_diode` · `Copper(I)_oxide` · `Crossatron` · `Crossed-field_amplifier` · `Crystal_oscillator` · `DIAC` · `DNA_field-effect_transistor` · `Darlington_transistor` · `Dawon_Kahng` · `Deep-level_transient_spectroscopy` · `Dekatron` · `Depletion-load_NMOS_logic` · `Depletion_region` · `Die_(integrated_circuit)` · `Diffused_junction_transistor` · `Digital_potentiometer` · `Diode` · `Doping_(semiconductor)` · `Double_diode_triode` · `Drift-field_transistor` · `Dye-sensitized_solar_cell` · `EFuse` · `EOSFET` · `Electric_charge` · [[Electric_current]] · `Electric_discharge_in_gases` · `Electric_field` · `Electric_potential` · `Electrical_reactance` · `Electroluminescence` · `Electron_hole` · `Electron_mobility` · `Electronic_component` · `Electronic_design_automation` · [[Electronics]] · `Electronvolt` · `Emitter_turn_off_thyristor` · `Fairchild_Semiconductor` · `Fast_diode` · `Fe_FET` · `Ferrite_core` · `Field-effect_transistor` · `Field-programmable_gate_array` · `Fin_field-effect_transistor` · `Flash_memory` · `Fleming_valve` · `Floating-gate_MOSFET` · `Frank_Wanlass` · `Frequency` · `Fuse_(electrical)` · `Galena` · `Gallium_arsenide` · `Gallium_nitride` · `Gas-filled_tube` · `Gate_turn-off_thyristor` · `Geiger–Müller_tube` · `Geometric_diode` · [[Germanium]] · `GgNMOS` · `Golay_cell` · `Grown-junction_transistor` · `Gunn_diode` · `Gyrotron` · `Hall_effect_sensor` · `Heterojunction_bipolar_transistor` · `Heterojunction_solar_cell` · `Heterostructure-emitter_bipolar_transistor` · `Heterostructure_barrier_varactor` · `High-electron-mobility_transistor` · `History_of_electrical_engineering` · `History_of_the_transistor` · `Hitachi` · `Hole_accumulation_diode` · `Hot-wire_barretter` · `Hybrid_integrated_circuit` · `Hybrid_pixel_detector` · `Hybrid_solar_cell` · `IBM` · `IMPATT_diode` · `ISFET` · `ITFET` · `Iconoscope` · `Ignitron` · [[Indium]] · `Indium_antimonide` · `Indium_arsenide` · `Indium_phosphide` · `Inductive_output_tube` · `Inductor` · `Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers` · `Insulated-gate_bipolar_transistor` · `Integrated_circuit` · `Integrated_gate-commutated_thyristor` · `Intel` · `Interband_cascade_laser` · `Ion_implantation` · `Ionizing_radiation` · `JEDEC` · `JFET` · `Jagadish_Chandra_Bose` · `Jean_Hoerni` · `John_Bardeen` · `John_R._Pierce` · `Johns_Hopkins_University_Press` · `Josephson_diode` · `Julius_Edgar_Lilienfeld` · `Junctionless_nanowire_transistor` · `Klystron` · `Krytron` · `LDMOS` · `Lam_Research` · `Laser_diode` · `Light` · `Light-emitting_diode` · `Light-emitting_transistor` · `Linear_regulator` · `List_of_semiconductor_scale_examples` · [[Logic_gate]] · `Low-dropout_regulator` · `Lr-diode` · `MESFET` · `MOS-controlled_thyristor` · `MOSFET` · `MOS_composite_static_induction_thyristor` · `Magic_eye_tube` · `Maser` · `Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology` · `Memistor` · `Memory_cell_(computing)` · `Memristor` · `Memtransistor` · `Mercury-arc_valve` · `Mercury_relay` · `Metal_rectifier` · `Metal–insulator–metal_diode` · `Microcontroller` · `Microprocessor` · `Micropup` · `Mixed-signal_integrated_circuit` · `Monocrystalline_silicon` · `Monoscope` · `Multi-junction_solar_cell` · `Multigate_device` · `NMOS_logic` · `NOMFET` · `Nanoscale_vacuum-channel_transistor` · `National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame` · `Native_transistor` · `Neon_lamp` · `Neutron_generator` · `Nixie_tube` · `Nobel_Prize` · `Nonode` · `Nuvistor` · `OLED` · `Operating_temperature` · `Organic_electrochemical_transistor` · `Organic_field-effect_transistor` · `Organic_semiconductor` · `Oscillistor` · `Oxide_thin-film_transistor` · `PIN_diode` · `PMOS_logic` · `Part_number` · `Pentagrid_converter` · `Pentode` · `Pentode_transistor` · `Phosphorescent_organic_light-emitting_diode` · [[Phosphorus]] · `Photodetector` · `Photodiode` · `Photoelectrochemical_cell` · `Photolithography` · `Photomultiplier_tube` · `Photonic_integrated_circuit` · `Photoreflector` · `Photoresistor` · `Phototube` · `Planar_Hall_sensor` · `Planar_process` · `Plasmonic_solar_cell` · `Point-contact_transistor` · `Potentiometer` · `Power_MOSFET` · `Power_management_integrated_circuit` · `Power_semiconductor_device` · `Programmable_unijunction_transistor` · `Purdue_University` · `P–n_diode` · `P–n_junction` · `QFET` · `Quadrac` · `Quantum-cascade_laser` · `Quantum_cascade_detector` · `Quantum_dot_display` · `Quantum_dot_laser` · `Quantum_dot_solar_cell` · [[Quantum_mechanics]] · `Quantum_well_infrared_photodetector` · `RF_CMOS` · `RF_connector` · `Radar` · `Radio` · `Radio_frequency` · `Random-access_memory` · `Reed_relay` · `Relay` · `Resettable_fuse` · `Resistive_opto-isolator` · `Resistor` · `Resonant-cavity-enhanced_photo_detector` · `Resonant-tunneling_diode` · `Russell_Ohl` · `SQUID` · `Schottky_diode` · `Schottky_junction_solar_cell` · `Schottky_transistor` · `Schön_scandal` · `Selectron_tube` · [[Selenium]] · `Selenium_rectifier` · `Selenium_sulfide` · `Semiconductor` · `Semiconductor_detector` · [[Semiconductor_device_fabrication]] · `Semiconductor_fabrication_plant` · `Shockley_Semiconductor_Laboratory` · `Shockley_diode` · `Sic` · [[Silicon]] · `Silicon-controlled_switch` · `Silicon_carbide` · `Silicon_controlled_rectifier` · `Silicon_dioxide` · `Silicon_photomultiplier` · `Simon_Sze` · `Single-electron_transistor` · `Single-ended_primary-inductor_converter` · `Single-photon_avalanche_diode` · `Smartphone` · `Solar_cell` · `Solaristor` · `Solid-state_electronics` · `Spacistor` · `Spin_transistor` · `Spin_valve` · `Split-pi_topology` · `Stabistor` · `Static_induction_thyristor` · `Static_induction_transistor` · `Step_recovery_diode` · `Storage_tube` · `Superluminescent_diode` · `Surface-barrier_transistor` · `Sutton_tube` · `Switch` · `Switched_capacitor` · `Synaptic_transistor` · `System_on_a_chip` · `TRIAC` · `Tetrode` · `Tetrode_transistor` · `Texas_Instruments` · `Thermal_oxidation` · `Thermionic_emission` · `Thermistor` · `Thin-film_diode` · `Thin-film_transistor` · `Three-dimensional_integrated_circuit` · `Thyratron` · `Thyristor` · `Tizard_Mission` · `Trancitor` · `Transient-voltage-suppression_diode` · [[Transistor]] · `Transistor_count` · `Traveling-wave_tube` · `Trigatron` · `Triode` · `Trisil` · `Tunnel_diode` · `Tunnel_field-effect_transistor` · `Unijunction_transistor` · `United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office` · `University_of_Chicago` · `VMOS` · `Vacuum` · `Vacuum_tube` · `Variable_capacitor` · `Varicap` · `Varistor` · `Vertical-cavity_surface-emitting_laser` · [[Very-large-scale_integration]] · `Video_camera_tube` · `Vircator` · [[Voltage]] · `Voltage-regulator_tube` · `Voltage_regulator` · `Wafer_(electronics)` · `Walter_Brattain` · `William_Shockley` · `Williams_tube` · `Wire_chamber` · `X-ray_tube` · `Zener_diode` · `Zone_melting` · `Ćuk_converter` ## From the Real GENERATIVE library  *Semiconductor device — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Engineering room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Semiconductor_outlines.jpg).*  *Animated: Semiconductor device — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Engineering room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Threshold_formation_nowatermark.gif).* > A semiconductor device is an electronic component that relies on the electronic properties of a semiconductor material (primarily silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide, as well as organic semiconductors) for its function. Its conductivity lies between conductors and insulators. 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