MAL201E MATERIALS SCIENCE Electrical Properties

1- (a) Calculate the drift velocity of electrons in Ge at room temperature and when the magnitude of
the electric field is 1000v/m. (b) Under these circumstances, how long does it take an electron to
traverse a 25mm length of crystal?

2- At room temperature the electrical conductivity and the electron mobility for copper are 6.0x107
(Ω.m)-1 and 0.0030 m2/V.s, respectively. (a) Compute the number of free electrons per cubic
meter for copper at room temperature, (b) What is the number of free electrons per copper atom
(assume desity of 8.90 gr/cm3).

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3- The room temperature electrical conductivity of a silicon specimen is 5.93x10-3 (Ω.m)-1. The hole
concentration is known to be 7.0x1017 m-3. Using the electron and hole mobilities for silicon,
compute the electron concentration. (b) On the basis of the result in part (a), is the specimen
intrinsic, n-type extrinsic, or p-type extrinsic? Why?

4- An As (Group 5) doped Si (Group 4) wafer has an electrical “resistivity” of 8.50x10-4 Ω.cm. at 27oC
(assume complete ionization has been reached). (a) Decide the type of semiconductor (Intrinsic?
n-type extrinsic? or p-type extrinsic?) (b) What is the majority carrier concentration (carriers per
cm3)? (c) What is the ratio of As to Si atoms in this material? (n=1350 cm2/V.s. and p=480
cm2/V.s.) (Electrical charge is 1.6x10-19 C).

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5- Density of Silicon (Group 4) is 2.33 gr/cm3. Atomic mass for Si is 28.09gr. 0.001 wt% of Phosphorus
(Group 5) is added in Si. Atomic mass for P is 30,97gr.
i- Determine the type of semiconductor.
ii- Calculate the maximum extrinsic conductivity that can be obtained.
iii- What percentage (%) of electrons are activated when the conductivity is 1(Ω.cm)-1?

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6- The following electrical characteristics have been determined for both intrinsic and n-type
extrinsic “indium phosphide” (InP) at room temperature. Calculate the “electron” and “hole”
mobilities. |𝑒| =1.6x10-19 C.

σ (Ω.m)-1 n (m-3) p (m-3)

Intrinsic: 2.5x10-6 3.0x1013 3.0x1013
Extrinsic (n-type): 3.6x10-5 4.5x1014 ignore