Semiconductor Devices

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ir. Agus Geter Edy Sutjipto

Material Technology Program
Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology
(FIST)
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
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Introduction
Semiconductor? Electrical conductivity in
between conductor and insulator

Important!
Energy band gap

IA
IIA

IIIA
VIII
IIIB

IVB

VB

VIB

VIIB

IB

IIB

IVA

VA

VIA

VIIA

Intrinsic mobility
Drift velocity
Mobility
Electric field

Conductivity
n= number of electrons
p= number of holes
q= electric charge
= 1.6 x 10-19 coulomb

Impurity

1 boron atom into 105 silicon atom 103 times conductivity

at room temperature

Si impurity with arsenic (a) and with boron (b)

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Ionization energy, in eV

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Schematic energy band of extrinsic semiconductor

extrinsic

intrinsic

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Intrinsic carrier density,ni, Si and GaAs

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Dependency of electron concentration vs T of Si with ND

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Property of semiconductor
Crystal structure
Plane
Direction

Diamond structure

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Diamond and graphite

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Vide
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Materials

(Impure Fe, Al and others

reduced into ppb level)

(Impure Fe, Al and others in

ppm level)
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