p-type
p-type
Definition
p·-type (pē′tīp′)
adjective
Electronics designating or of positive semiconductor material in which there are more holes than electrons and current is carried through it by the movement of the holes
p-type
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- semiconductor: That substitution creates a vacancy similar to a hole in a p-type semiconductor, which emits single photons when excited by a laser.
- transistor: The behavior of the p-type transistor is reversed ( ` complementary ' ).
- material: It has been reported that dislocations in n-type materials can be negatively charged and in p-type materials are positively charged.
- atpases: It belongs to the family of P-type transport ATPases.
- orbital: The HOMO level ( top-right ) shows the contribution of four pairs of p-type atomic orbitals of carbon atoms.
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