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    The document discusses key concepts in semiconductor devices including the first transistor invented in 1947. It defines important energy terms used to describe materials like vacuum energy, electron affinity, ionization energy, and bandgap. It also shows energy band diagrams for insulators, semiconductors, and metals to illustrate how their electronic structures differ.

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    The document discusses key concepts in semiconductor devices including the first transistor invented in 1947. It defines important energy terms used to describe materials like vacuum energy, electron affinity, ionization energy, and bandgap. It also shows energy band diagrams for insulators, semiconductors, and metals to illustrate how their electronic structures differ.

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    Semiconductor Devices

    The first transistor (1947)


    Definitions of vacuum energy Evac, electron
    affinity c, ionization energy g and the
    energy gap Eg

      Evac  EV Ionization Enrgy


      Evac  Ec Elecron Affinity
    Eg  Ec  Ev Bandgap
    Energy band diagrams for (a) an insulator, (b) a
    semiconductor, and (c) a metal. The energies in
    the shaded regions are in general occupied

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