ion implantation


noun Electronics.

a method of implanting impurities below the surface of a solid, usually a semiconductor, by bombarding the solid with a beam of ions of the impurity.

Origin of ion implantation

First recorded in 1960–65

British Dictionary definitions for ion implantation

ion implantation

noun

a technique used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices in which impurities are implanted by means of beams of electrically accelerated ions