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complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) refers to a technology used in the fabrication of integrated circuits, particularly semiconductor devices like microprocessors, memory chips, and image sensors. Here is a breakdown of the...
III-V material
In semiconductor physics and materials science, the term "III-V materials" refers to compounds composed of elements from...
infrared detector
An infrared detector is a device that is used to detect and measure infrared radiation, which lies beyond the visible...
photodetector
A photodetector, also known as a photosensor or photodiode, is a device that detects and converts light into an electrical...
deformable mirror device
A spatial light modulator consisting of a metallized polymer film stretched over an array of metal-oxide semiconductor...
bandgap
In semiconductor physics, the term bandgap refers to the energy range in a material where no electronic states are allowed....
semiconductor
A semiconductor is a type of material that has electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. In...
gallium nitride
Gallium nitride (GaN) is a compound made up of gallium (Ga) and nitrogen (N). It is a wide-bandgap semiconductor material...
active-matrix OLED display
An OLED display that has an integrated electronic backplane as its substrate. Active-matrix OLED displays use at least two...
broadband filter
A broadband filter is an electronic or electromagnetic device designed to pass a range of frequencies or signals within a...
solid-state imaging system
An imaging system that uses a mosaic of tiny light-sensitive semiconductors (phototransistors) to produce individual outputs...
indium phosphide
Indium phosphide (InP) is a compound semiconductor material composed of indium (In) and phosphorus (P). It belongs to the...
unipolar
Refers to the transistors in which the working current flows through only one type of semiconductor material, either P-type...
germanium crystal
Germanium crystal refers to a crystalline form of the element germanium (Ge), which is a metalloid and semiconductor...
photodarlington
A Darlington current amplifier consisting of two separate transistors, of which a phototransistor is the input device.
carrier injection
Carrier injection refers to the process of introducing charge carriers (either electrons or holes) into a semiconductor...
GaN-based LEDs
Gallium nitride-based light-emitting diodes (GaN-based LEDs) are semiconductor devices that emit light when an electric...
active-matrix
An OLED display that has an integrated electronic backplane as its substrate. Active-matrix OLED displays use at least two...
bipolar
Refers to transistors in which the working current flows through two types of semiconductor material: N- and P-type. In...
microcircuit manufacturing
The formation of transistors, diodes, capacitors, resistors and other electronic elements directly on a flake of silicon by...
passive-matrix liquid crystal display
An LCD that has pixels with no internal drive transistors.
doping
In the context of materials science and semiconductor physics, doping refers to the intentional introduction of impurities...
graphene
Graphene is a two-dimensional allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal...
optoelectronics
Optoelectronics is a branch of electronics that focuses on the study and application of devices and systems that use light...
extreme ultraviolet
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) refers to a specific range of electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum....

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