adjective

• Denoting a region in a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons.

  Often contrasted with p-type

  ‘For this purpose, an n-type region in which electrons are negatively charged majority carriers is grown on a p-type base in which holes are positively charged majority carriers or vice versa.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Because there's such a high concentration of electrons in the n-type region, the diffusion currents are extremely strong, and electrons flow at an enormous rate.’
  • ‘Tin oxide, which has an excess of electrons available for conduction, is an n-type semiconductor.’
  • ‘Also a transparent n-type device is needed to make a transparent transistor.’
  • ‘If you go back and look at the early days of the semiconductor revolution, you see that there were many ideas for how to build gate sets out of n-type and p-type transistors.’