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Who elucidated the modern theory of p-n junctions?
AEdmond Becquerel
BHenry Round
CWilliam Shockley
DClarence Zener
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. William Shockley
Shockley worked out the theory in his classic 1950 book on electrons and holes in semiconductors.
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