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Silicon wafer
A silicon wafer is a thin, circular slice of single-crystal semiconductor material used in manufacturing of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits.
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Silicon wafer
D-defects
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
Very small voids in Si formed by agglomeration of vacancies.
Denuded zone
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
A very thin region on a semiconductor substrate surface cleared from contaminants and/or defects by gettering;
Donor
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
An impurity or imperfection in a semiconductor which donates electrons to the conduction band, leading to electron conduction.
Dimple
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
A shallow depression with gently sloping sides that exhibits a concave, spheroidal shape and is visible to the unaided eye under proper lighting conditions.
Crystal defects
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
Departure from the ideal arrangement of atoms in a crystal.
Compound semiconductor
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
Synthetic semiconductor formed using two or more elements mainly from groups II through VI of the periodic table; compound semiconductors do not appear in nature.
Conductivity
Semiconductors; Silicon wafer
A measure of the ease with which charge carriers flow in a material; the reciprocal of resistivity.
