Mesa

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-007099",
  "term": "Mesa",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A flat-topped, steep-sided raised region left on a semiconductor wafer when the surrounding material is etched away, so that the devices built on it are electrically isolated from one another. A mesa transistor or diode has its junction edges exposed on the sloping sidewall, which must be passivated, in contrast to the planar process, where oxide covers the junctions.",
  "subject": "Energy and utilities",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Mesa",
    "es": "mesa",
    "fr": "mesa"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/mesa/"
}