CT-2_Solid_State_SP-21

 1. 4. Electron-hole pairs are produced by

Points: Recombination
1/1 Thermal energy 
Ionization
Doping

2. 2. What is indirect recombination or trapping?

3. 1. Why a photon with energy less than ER is unable to excite an electron from the valence band to the conduction band?
because hv is less

4. 3. Why Fermi level shifts in semiconductor?

due to environmental change of light

 5. 5.The difference between an insulator and a semiconductor is

Points: Wider forbidden gap

1/1 The number of free electrons
The atomic structure
All of the above 

 6. 6.Calculate the recombination rate if the excess carrier concentration is 1014cm-3 and the carrier lifetime is 1µseconds.

Points: 10exp20 
1/1 10exp14
10exp28
10exp24

 7. 7. Holes in N-type Semiconductor are

Points: Minority carriers produced by thermal energy 

1/1 Minority carrier produced by doping
Majority carrier that is thermally produced
Majority carriers that are produced by doping

 8. 8. In case of semiconductors, recombination is merging of

Points:
1/1

An electrons with a hole

An outside electron with semiconductor electrons 
Two or more electrons
Two or more holes
 9. 9. The temperature co-efficient of an intrinsic semiconductor is.......

Points: Zero
1/1 Positive
Negative 
None of them