blocked impurity band detector

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blocked impurity band detector [′bläkt im′pyu̇r·əd·ē ¦band di‚tek·tər]

(electronics)

A detector of long-wavelength infrared radiation consisting of a heavily doped extrinsic photoconductor on which an undoped intrinsic layer is grown epitaxially to prevent dark current from flowing in the impurity band.

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