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p-type, a. Physics.|ˈpiːtaɪp| [f. P (repr. positive) + type n.1] Applied to (a region in) a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of holes (rather than electrons). Opp. n-type a.
1946[see n-type]. 1948Torrey & Whitman Crystal Rectifiers iii. 49 A semiconductor that conducts principally by holes in the nearly filled band is referred to as a ‘p-type’ semiconductor. Ibid., The impurities added to silicon make it p-type. 1970New Scientist 15 Oct. (Suppl.) 6/2 In a practical integrated circuit the triangular half of the rectifier is p-type material which is diffused into the silicon chip in a pattern similar to the wall plan for a house. |