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p-type semiconductor


silicon doped with boron
Silicon doped with boron
A semiconductor in which holes carry the current. A p-type semiconductor is produced by doping an intrinsic semiconductor with an electron-acceptor impurity – for example, boron in silicon. Compare with n-type semiconductor.


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