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Semiconductors Are A Special Class of Elements Having A Conductivity Between That of A Good Conductor

Semiconductors have a conductivity between conductors and insulators. They fall into two classes: single-crystal like germanium and silicon which have repetitive crystal structures, and compound semiconductors like gallium arsenide and cadmium sulfide made of two materials with different atomic structures. The three semiconductors most used in electronics are germanium, silicon, and gallium arsenide.

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Semiconductors Are A Special Class of Elements Having A Conductivity Between That of A Good Conductor

Semiconductors have a conductivity between conductors and insulators. They fall into two classes: single-crystal like germanium and silicon which have repetitive crystal structures, and compound semiconductors like gallium arsenide and cadmium sulfide made of two materials with different atomic structures. The three semiconductors most used in electronics are germanium, silicon, and gallium arsenide.

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Semiconductors are a special class of elements having a conductivity between that of a good conductor

and that of an insulator.


Semiconductor materials fall into one of two classes: single-crystal and compound.
 Single-crystal semiconductors such as germanium (Ge) and silicon (Si) have a repetitive crystal
structure.
 Compound semiconductors such as gallium arsenide (GaAs), cadmium sulfide (CdS), gallium
nitride (GaN), and gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) are constructed of two or more
semiconductor materials of different atomic structures.
The three semiconductors used most frequently in the construction of electronic devices are Ge, Si, and
GaAs.

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