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work function

n.
The minimum amount of energy required to remove an electron from the surface of a metal.
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work function

n
1. (General Physics) physics the minimum energy required to transfer an electron from a point within a solid to a point just outside its surface. Symbol: φ or Φ
2. (General Physics) thermodynamics another name (not now used because of confusion with sense 1) for Helmholtz function
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The authors in [1, 2] optimized the values of the design parameters of gate work function, oxide thickness, silicon thickness, and gate underlap for both low threshold and high threshold devices.
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The Thyme diner wasn't tested as I had eaten at an earlier work function, but the menu board showed a mix of burgers, steaks, curries, pizzas and so forth.
For semiconductors, the work function is the minimum energy needed by electrons at the bottom of the semiconductor to escape externally.
Marline Lamothe, a USAID employee in Haiti, was murdered in 2012 as she returned home after a work function. She served in the USAID/Haiti Economic Growth Office, where she provided excellent leadership, and is survived by a daughter, 11, and son, 7.
In addition, we have characterized both N(P) FinFETs by increasing (decreasing) the work function of the back gate by 0.2 eV with respect to their symmetric values ([0.sub.N] = 4.8 eV and [0.sub.P] = 4.4 eV).
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