List the advantages and disadvantages of semiconductors.

What will be an ideal response?


Advantages of semiconductors include the following:
• Small size and weight
• Low power consumption at low voltages
• High efficiency
• Great reliability
• Ability to operate in hazardous environments
• Instant operation when power is applied
• Economic mass production

Disadvantages of semiconductors include the following:
• Great susceptibility to changes in temperature
• Extra components required for stabilization
• Easily damaged (by exceeding power limits, by reversing polarity of operating voltage, by excess heat when soldering into circuit)

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