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Fermi Level: It is the highest energy level that an electron can reach or occupy in a materia l at absolute zero temperature.

In simple words, it is one of the energy levels in a semiconductor above which all energy levels are unoccupied or vacant at absolute temperature.

Fermi Energy: It is the amount of energy required for an electron to jump from the valency ban d into the Fermi Level. In simple words, it is the energy difference between the energies of valency band and the Fermi Energy Level Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder a nd no heat energy remains in a substance. Absolute zero is the point at which the fundamental particles of nature have min imal vibrational motion, retaining only quantum mechanical, zero-point energy-induced particle mo tion. By international agreement, absolute zero is defined as precisely; 0 K on the Kelvin scale, whic h is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale; and 273.15 degrees Celsius on the Celsius scale The origin of the threshold decrease can be understood as a consequence of charg e neutrality: the Yau charge-sharing model. [1] The combined charge in the depletion region of the de vice and that in the channel of the device is balanced by three electrode charges: the gate, the sour ce and the drain. As drain voltage is increased, the depletion region of the p-n junction between the drain and body increases in size and extends under the gate, so the drain assumes a greater por tion of the burden of balancing depletion region charge, leaving a smaller burden for the gate. As a result, the charge present on the gate retains charge balance by attracting more carriers into the channel, an effect equivalent to lowering the threshold voltage of the device.

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