Talk:Semiconductor device

message: I'm going to stick this link in the notes here; I think its cool; way cool. This is an example of a hobbyist using iron pyrite as a semiconductor for an oscillating circuit. -  David M
Thyristor and SCR is the same thing. SCRs and triacs have 3 terminals (but 4 layers instead of 3 for a transistor) -- Egil 14:48 Feb 5, 2003 (UTC)
This phrasing seems a bit patronizing for encyclopedia prose! Perhaps we can come up with something better? "in a sense that requires some knowledge of semiconductor physics to understand, a hole is the absence of an electron." --Christofurio 14:19, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)
Agree. Removed it.--Light current 02:25, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclassified 

message: I noticed this page did not have a history section and thought the history copied from transistor would fit better here. We're trying to get rid of it anyway! So if you think it can stay here, you can have it free!.--Light current 01:21, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Shouldn't there be some citations here? This history section cites no sources and could be more specific. Any thoughts? Digivation 02:09, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section - free addition 

message: Anyone know the reason for the 1N, 2N, 3N designations on diodes and transistors etc. My theory is that its to do with the number of junctions in the device. Any confirmations??--Light current 00:58, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Best not to have theories.  The prefix digit 1, 2, 3, in the JEDEC type number is one less than the number of leads on the device - so a dual-gate MOSFET, which has no junctions at all, will be a 3NXXX device, because it has 4 leads.  I've no idea why "N". --Wtshymanski 13:07, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

text: I was around before there were more than 2 junctions.  It is an interesting coincidence, but the number refers to the quantity of leads available outside the package -1 (discrete devices). With some packages a lead might be available both as a tab and as a lead. 208.106.20.67 06:18, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of American type numbers- no of junctions? 

message: What's with those images?  They seem to have extreme verical exaggeration, show not much structure other than contact plugs and poly gates, and have no sensible structure below the surface of the silicon.  Surely we can come up with something more meaningful. Dicklyon 03:10, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can get me some GDSII and the associated fab layer equations and thicknesses, I'd be more than happy to create whatever picture you'd like. Don't forget though, that most of the interesting detail (depending on what you consider interesting) is hidden by the routing layers, which is why they were stripped in the original pictures. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by David Carron (talk • contribs) 16:32, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I might be able to get some SEM images of the III-V transistors and MEMS I'll be working on this semester... -- mattb @ 2007-01-04T16:38Z
an image is nothing but some refection of any object or thing.3D images is a topic with much interest  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.149.49.227 (talk) 10:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  3D images 

message: So someone removed my unexplained addition of a "see also" link to Alan Herries Wilson. I thought the rationale for this would be obvious to anyone reading that bio, but here it is: the History of semiconductor device development section begins with the Cat's-whisker detector and Metal rectifier - next we jump World War II, implying that nothing else happened in early research during this time. This is not true, as the bio explains: "" "Crystal Fire" () says (p. 66) "The major advance in the understanding of these curious metals was achieved by the British theorist Alan Wilson, who published two papers entitled "The Theory of Electronic Semi-Conductors" in 1931." I started reading that book a long time ago, and am taking forever to finish it, so I just punted and added the "see also", hoping that someone would run with it, just as someone else started the biography article on him. Wbm1058 (talk) 16:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I see (answering my own question)... I suppose if this is about device development, and Wilson didn't develop any device (just theory), that justifies the lack of a mention here. Wbm1058 (talk) 16:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alan Herries Wilson 

message: As someone who knows nothing about this topic, the very first paragraph of this wiki doesn't help me conceptualize what this device is, is used for, or does.
"A semiconductor device is an electronic component that relies on the electronic properties of a semiconductor material (primarily silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide, as well as organic semiconductors) for its function. Semiconductor devices have replaced vacuum tubes in most applications. They use electrical conduction in the solid state rather than the gaseous state or thermionic emission in a vacuum."
To me, this reads as "This device is a device that relies on a thing and some metal for its function. This device replaced another thing. This thing uses a fancy-word thing or a very-fancy-word-thing."
It would be much easier to understand if it read something more like this, "This device is a device that [is used for example applications.] [It] relies on a thing and some metal for its [specific detail regarding] function. This device replaced another thing [which was important or innovative because...]. This thing uses a fancy-word thing or a very-fancy-word-thing [which makes semiconductors better/helpful/innovative/something than something else the general public could relate to]."
Sweeeetheart (talk) 22:10, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction line not very helpful