microalloy transistor

microalloy transistor

[¦mī·krō′al‚ȯi tran′zis·tər]

(electronics)

A transistor in which the emitter and collector electrodes are formed by etching depressions, then electroplating and alloying a thin film of the impurity metal to the semiconductor wafer, somewhat as in a surface-barrier transistor.

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