Semiconductors

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Hyderabad Campus

EEE F214 / ECE F214 / INSTR F214

Electronic Devices
Meenakshi Viswanathan

Intrinsic Semiconductors

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Extrinsic Semiconductor

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Energy band and chemical

bond model

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Fermi Dirac Distribution

Function

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Fermi Distribution function

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Density of States

d
N (E)
dE

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Density of states

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Carrier Distribution

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Schematic Band diagram, DOS, FD

distribution and carrier concentrations.

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Extrinsic Semiconductor

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Electron Concentration

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Electron Concentration in
Conduction band

n N ( E ) f ( E )dE
0
3

1
2
1 2me 2
1
n0 2 2 E
E EF
2

0
1 e k BT

x
0

1 / 2 ax

dx

dE

2a 3 / 2

2me k BT
n0 2

2
h

3/ 2

E F EC

k BT

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Hole Concentration

p0 N ( E )1 f ( E ) dE
0
3

1 E EF
1 2me 2 2 k BT
p0 2 2 E e
2
0

x
0

1 / 2 ax

dx

dE

2a 3 / 2

2mh k BT
p0 2

2
h

3/ 2

Ev E F

k BT

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Intrinsic Semiconductor

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Application of Intrinsic
Semiconductors

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Where is the intrinsic Fermi

level?

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Temperature Dependence of
Carrier Concentration

2k BT
ni (T ) 2

2
h

3/ 2

m m

3/ 4

Eg

2 k BT

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Carrier Concentration At
high and low temperatures
ni N c N v e

Eg

2 k BT

2k BT
ni (T ) 2

2
h

3/ 2

n0 ni e

m m

3/ 4
p

E F Ei

k BT

EG

2 k BT

ni N c N v e

Eg

2 k BT

ni (T )

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Compensated Semiconductor

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Charge Neutrality

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