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A Review of Semiconductors
Intrinsic Semiconductors
Electrons in Conduction Band and Holes in Valence Band
Intrinsic carrier concentration
Fermi Energy
Extrinsic Semiconductors
Dopants
Complete ionization
NeNh product
Chapter 15
Semiconductors: Review
Chapter 15
Intrinsic Semiconductors
Ze(E)
Zh(E)
4 (2mh* ) 3 / 2
Ch
h3
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
F (E)
1
1 e ( E E F ) / k BT
( E g E F ) / k BT
N e Ce ( E E g )1/ 2 e ( E EF ) / k BT dE
Eg
2(2me*k BT ) 3 / 2
NC
h3
Nh
( E )[1 F ( E )]dE
N h NV e E F / k BT
2(2mh* k BT ) 3 / 2
NV
h3
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
N i N C NV e
/ 2 k BT
Chapter 15
6
6
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Material
me*/mo
mh*/mo
Si
0.26
0.39
Ge
0.55
0.37
GaAs
0.068
7
7
0.54
Ec
Ec
Eg = 1 eV
Ev
Eg = 5 eV
Ev
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Extrinsic Semiconductors
Chapter 15
10
Ze(E)
Zh(E)
Chapter 15
11
Chapter 15
12
Chapter 15
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 15
15
1. Thermal Excitation
2. Optical Excitation
3. Dopants
Chapter 15
16
Review Questions
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Important Equations
Z e ( E ) Ce ( E E g )1/ 2
Z h ( E ) Ch ( E )1/ 2
4 (2me* ) 3 / 2
Ce
h3
Ne NC e
4 (2mh* ) 3 / 2
Ch
h3
( E g E F ) / k BT
N i N C NV e
1
1 e ( E E F ) / k BT
N h NV e E F / k BT
2(2me*k BT ) 3 / 2
NC
h3
1/ 2
F (E)
2(2mh* k BT ) 3 / 2
NV
h3
E g / 2 k BT
N i2 N e N h
3k BT mh*
EF
ln *
me
2
4
Eg
N e e e N h e h
Chapter 15
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