Semiconductors Physics

PHYS10801
Lecture
Electrical Transport

Ahmed M. Nawar
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Electrical Transport:
Carrier transport
( Transport by Diffusion ,
Transport by Drift:
Low field, High field and very high field Impact ionization)
:Scattering Mechanism
.and (electron - phonon scattering) )electron – electron(
Electrical Transport:
Carrier transport
( Transport by Diffusion ,
Transport by Drift:
Low field, High field and very high field Impact ionization)
Scattering Mechanism:
electron - electron and
electron - phonon scattering.
 Carrier transport
Ways Carriers (electrons and holes) can change concentrations

• Current Flow:
1. Carrier Drift: charged particle motion in response to an electric field.
2. Diffusion: Particles tend to spread out or redistribute from areas of high
concentration to areas of lower concentration

•Recombination: Local annihilation of electron-hole pairs

•Generation: Local creation of electron-hole pairs
1. Carrier Drift:
• The drift velocity increases with increasing electric field and contributes to
the mobility μ of the carriers.

• The drift current follows Ohm’s law and is mainly influenced by the external
field and charge carrier concentration.