SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semiconductor device mean? 

• SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (noun)
  The noun SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE has 1 sense:

1. a conductor made with semiconducting material

  Familiarity information: SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conductor made with semiconducting material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

semiconductor; semiconductor device; semiconductor unit

Hypernyms ("semiconductor device" is a kind of...):

conductor (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)

Meronyms (substance of "semiconductor device"):

semiconducting material; semiconductor (a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "semiconductor device"):

chip; micro chip; microchip; microprocessor chip; silicon chip (electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit)

crystal rectifier; diode; junction rectifier; semiconductor diode (a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction)

n-type semiconductor (a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons)

p-type semiconductor (a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes)

thermal resistor; thermistor (a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit)

electronic transistor; junction transistor; transistor (a semiconductor device capable of amplification)

 Context examples 

The international team, including researchers from the University of Cambridge, sent high-frequency sound waves across a modified semiconductor device to direct the behaviour of a single electron, with efficiencies in excess of 99%.

(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)