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p-type Definition

p·-type (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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