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Enum: SemiconductorMaterialType

Types of semiconductor materials used in microelectronics fabrication

URI: valuesets:SemiconductorMaterialType

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Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description
SILICON silicon atom CHEBI:27573 Elemental silicon, the most widely used semiconductor material
GALLIUM_ARSENIDE Gallium arsenide (GaAs) compound semiconductor for high-frequency applications
SILICON_CARBIDE silicon carbide CHEBI:29390 Silicon carbide (SiC) wide-bandgap semiconductor for high-power applications
GALLIUM_NITRIDE Gallium nitride (GaN) wide-bandgap semiconductor for power electronics and LEDs
INDIUM_PHOSPHIDE Indium phosphide CHEBI:82281 Indium phosphide (InP) compound semiconductor for optoelectronics and fiber communications
GERMANIUM germanium atom CHEBI:30441 Elemental germanium semiconductor used in high-speed transistors and detectors
SILICON_GERMANIUM Silicon-germanium (SiGe) alloy semiconductor for heterojunction bipolar transistors
DIAMOND diamond CHEBI:33417 Diamond as an ultra-wide-bandgap semiconductor for extreme environment electronics

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Name Description
semiconductor_material_type Type of semiconductor material

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name: SemiconductorMaterialType
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of semiconductor materials used in microelectronics fabrication
title: Semiconductor Material Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  SILICON:
    text: SILICON
    description: Elemental silicon, the most widely used semiconductor material
    meaning: CHEBI:27573
    title: silicon atom
  GALLIUM_ARSENIDE:
    text: GALLIUM_ARSENIDE
    description: Gallium arsenide (GaAs) compound semiconductor for high-frequency
      applications
  SILICON_CARBIDE:
    text: SILICON_CARBIDE
    description: Silicon carbide (SiC) wide-bandgap semiconductor for high-power applications
    meaning: CHEBI:29390
    title: silicon carbide
  GALLIUM_NITRIDE:
    text: GALLIUM_NITRIDE
    description: Gallium nitride (GaN) wide-bandgap semiconductor for power electronics
      and LEDs
  INDIUM_PHOSPHIDE:
    text: INDIUM_PHOSPHIDE
    description: Indium phosphide (InP) compound semiconductor for optoelectronics
      and fiber communications
    meaning: CHEBI:82281
    title: Indium phosphide
  GERMANIUM:
    text: GERMANIUM
    description: Elemental germanium semiconductor used in high-speed transistors
      and detectors
    meaning: CHEBI:30441
    title: germanium atom
  SILICON_GERMANIUM:
    text: SILICON_GERMANIUM
    description: Silicon-germanium (SiGe) alloy semiconductor for heterojunction bipolar
      transistors
  DIAMOND:
    text: DIAMOND
    description: Diamond as an ultra-wide-bandgap semiconductor for extreme environment
      electronics
    meaning: CHEBI:33417
    title: diamond