depletion region

collocation in English

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depletion
noun[S or U]
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/dɪˈpliː.ʃən/us
/dɪˈpliː.ʃən/
a reduction ...
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region
noun[C]
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/ˈriː.dʒən/us
/ˈriː.dʒən/
a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country ...
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This is thedepletionregion, so called because it is depleted of both holes and electrons.
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This reverse bias increases the width of thedepletionregionand lowers the junction capacitance, improving the high frequency performance.
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Examples of dielectric media are glass, air, paper, vacuum, and even a semiconductordepletionregionchemically identical to the conductors.
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The metalsemiconductor interface and the opposite boundary of the depleted area act like two capacitor plates, with thedepletionregionacting as a dielectric.
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The charge generation rate is related to specific crystallographic defects within thedepletionregion.
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The width of thedepletionregiongrows larger with higher voltage.
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Considering again an n-channel enhancement-mode device, adepletionregionexists in the p-type body, surrounding the conductive channel and drain and source regions.
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The shape of thedepletionregioncreates a wider channel, allowing more current to flow through it.
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However, the width of thedepletionregion(called the depletion width) can not grow without limit.
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The width of thedepletionregionis governed by the principle of charge neutrality.
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Incident light above the semiconductor's band gap creates photo-induced carriers via electron-hole pair generation in thedepletionregionof the underlying semiconductor.
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When the electric field is sufficient to arrest further transfer of holes and electrons, thedepletionregionhas reached its equilibrium dimensions.
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This structure suggests that there is nodepletionregionto separate the device from the substrate.
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Thedepletionregionis free of carriers and has a resistance similar to silicon.
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At the middle of the junction of the pn material, adepletionregionis created to stand-off the reverse voltage.
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Below certain width the charge carriers can tunnel through thedepletionregion.
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As noted above, this photo voltage also forward biases the junction, and so "reduces" the pre-existing field in thedepletionregion.
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At very high biases, thedepletionregionbreaks down.
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This widens thedepletionregion, which increases the drift component of current and decreases the diffusion component.
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The only elements left in thedepletionregionare ionized donor or acceptor impurities.
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