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Solid state devices

(April 2022)
Jonathan molina -David Garzón -Sebastián comba - Andrés Oviedo -camilo
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monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous referred to

Semiconductors are widely used elements. conductors, insulators, and semiconductors. The
in electronic circuits these have been replaced over time common solid-state devices include transistors,
of the years for some with greater effectiveness and/or efficiency being more microprocessors and RAM memory chips. A type
accessible for those small electronic devices, the specialized RAM called flash memory used in the
semiconductor is composed of silicon and germanium two USB memory sticks and, more recently, in the drives of
elements that perfectly fit the alloy,
semiconductors usually have a very limited use but when
solid state to replace magnetic hard drives of
they combine to employ multiple used functions mechanical rotation
mainly on electronic devices an element very
used is the diode that allows current to flow through a The first solid-state device was the 'detector of
circuit in a single direction. it is known as devices of cat whiskers", first used in 1930 in the
solid state thanks to the name given to it in the radio receivers. A wire similar to a mustache is placed.
1950s and 1960s, during the transition from the slightly in contact with a solid crystal (like the crystal
vacuum tube technology to diodes and transistors
semiconductors of germanium) in order to detect a radio signal by
effect of the contact union. The solid-state device
Key terms: diode, semiconductor, solid state devices it properly made its entrance with the invention of the transistor in
solid, relays, switches, hard drives, RAM, silicon, germanium 1947. A solid-state device is made with a substance
transistor. called semiconductor material is obtained by melting a
pure semiconductor element and adding a small
amount of other elements the pure semiconductors more
I. INTRODUCTION
used are silicon and germanium silicon has properties of
semiconductors, A semiconductor is an element that is the materials metals and non-metals germanium are
it frequently combines with silicon to form an alloy

it behaves either as a conductor or as an insulator Physical Characteristics of a Solid State Device:

depending on various factors, for example: the field
electrical or magnetic, the pressure, the radiation that strikes it, or
• They use a type of non-volatile memory, of the flash type.
the temperature of the environment in which it is located,
NAND, which allows systems to be stored
solid state electronics deals with those circuits or
devices built entirely from solid materials and in operational and calculation data, emulating a
the ones that electrons, or other charge carriers, are hard drive.
entirely confined within the solid material The • Using this type of memory provides a
the name was established in the 1950s and in the 1960s, considerably higher speed at startup,
during the transition from vacuum tube technology reading or writing regarding the hard drive.
towards semiconductor diodes and transistors. More • The absence of noise, since it has no parts.
recently, the integrated circuit (IC), the light-emitting diode mobiles. This fact provides a great
(LED) light and the liquid crystal display (LCD) have reliability and resistance to physical failures, overcoming
evolved like other examples of state devices bumps or sudden movements.
solid. • It does not need motors to move the disks, the
power consumption is significantly reduced
The term is often used to contrast with the and the production of heat as well.
previous vacuum technologies and tube devices • Its reduced dimensions and light weight make it
gas discharge and it has also been agreed to exclude from
these types of devices are ideal for the
solid state term to electromechanical devices
laptops. However, one of the main
relays, switches, hard drives and other devices with
moving parts). Although solid state can include solids limitations are its price, and especially the cost
per bit of the device, taking into account the price
from a standard hard drive.
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III. CONCLUSION

Nowadays we are improving electrical devices for

a common good and thus facilitate the constructions and
creations of new machines just like there are semi
drivers who specialize in performing an action
determined or for a specific electronic device, the
invention of vacuum tubes and their future reinvention in the
transistors allow us to create more electronic devices
lightweight and economical insurance contributing to development
technological and industrial

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