Definition
Charge-carrier type that predominates in a doped semiconductor: electrons in n-type material and holes in p-type material.
Application
Used in semiconductor device physics to analyze conductivity, junction behavior, carrier transport, and transistor operation.
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- Evidence from uspto.govhttps://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/uspc257/defs257.htm
- Evidence from ee.ucla.eduhttps://www.ee.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/ee/Book-2_Basic-Semiconductor-Devices-for-Electrical-Engineers.pdf