
253
Semiconductor Components
Semiconductor components, or devices, are basic elements for all modern
electronic products. Therefore, detailed study of them is fundamental, starting
from the basic material that they are made of, that is, the semiconductors (Section
3.8 in Chapter 3), and analyzing the articial treatment they undergo, that is, dop-
ing, in order to dene their practical use.
8.1 DOPING OF SEMICONDUCTORS
A pure matter consists of only one component with denite physical and chemical
properties.
Curiosity
Pure water, H
2
O, consists of two parts hydrogen, 11.1888% by weight, and one
part oxygen, 88.812% by weight. It is free from cont ...