Disadvantages

Semiconductor devices also carry some genuine disadvantages: (1) they are sensitive to electrostatic charges, which can damage them; (2) they are not very well suited to controlling high electrical power; (3) they are sensitive to radiation; (4) they are sensitive to fluctuations in temperature, since their behaviour depends strongly on thermally generated carriers; (5) they need carefully controlled conditions during manufacturing to work reliably; and (6) comparatively very few materials actually qualify as usable s …