: relating to or being a semiconductor in which charge is carried by holes compare n-type
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Whether the doping is n-type or p-type depends simply on the direction of the gradient.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
The researchers engineered their CMOS chips to form dipoles at the interface of both the n- and p-type transistors by adding different metal impurities to each.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2023
So the n-type develops a positive voltage potential toward the hot side, while the p-type develops a negative voltage potential in the same direction.
—Sid Assawaworrarit, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2023
But those few electrons that do combine with holes must be drained from the base in order to maintain the p-type nature of the base and the strong flow of current through it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2022
This means constructing both n-type and p-type sources and drains by epitaxy—crystal deposition—and adding different metal gates for the two transistors.
—Marko Radosavljevic, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2022
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
The researchers engineered their CMOS chips to form dipoles at the interface of both the n- and p-type transistors by adding different metal impurities to each.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2023
So the n-type develops a positive voltage potential toward the hot side, while the p-type develops a negative voltage potential in the same direction.
—Sid Assawaworrarit, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2023
But those few electrons that do combine with holes must be drained from the base in order to maintain the p-type nature of the base and the strong flow of current through it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2022
This means constructing both n-type and p-type sources and drains by epitaxy—crystal deposition—and adding different metal gates for the two transistors.
—Marko Radosavljevic, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2022
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