Intrinsic Semiconductors

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Intrinsic Semiconductors: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Electrons and Holes, Intrinsic Semiconductor, Electrical Conductivity of Intrinsic Semiconductor, Electric Current in Intrinsic Semiconductor Due to Holes, Intrinsic Carrier Concentration, etc.

Important Questions on Intrinsic Semiconductors

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The charge carriers in an electrolyte are

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Fermi energy level for intrinsic semiconductors lies.

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In a pure semiconductor, electric current is due to_________.

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In a p–type semiconductor, the concentration of holes is2 × 1015 cm-3  The intrinsic carrier concentration is2 × 1010 cm-3 . The concentration of electrons will be.

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Assertion : An n-type semiconductor has a large number of electrons but still it is electrically neutral.

 Reason : An n-type semiconductor is obtained by doping an intrinsic semiconductor with a pentavalent impurity. 

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The probability of electrons to be found in the conduction band of an intrinsic semiconductor at finite temperature is which of the following?

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If the mobility of electron in an n-type semiconductor is 3850 cm2V-1s-1, then determine the density of donor atoms to be added to intrinsic germanium specimen to make it an n-type semiconductor of conductivity 5 mho/cm

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A piece of copper and the other germanium are cooked from room temperature at 80K, then which of the following would be a correct statement?

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When the electrical conductivity of a semiconductor is due to the breaking of its covalent bonds, then the semiconductor is said to be

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The mobility of free electrons is greater than that of free holes because

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The truth table of a logic gate is given as

Input Output
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0 1

What is the gate?

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The current density (J) for an intrinsic semiconductor is given by which of the following equations:

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At absolute zero temperature, intrinsic Germanium and intrinsic Silicon are

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Calculate the electric current generated in an intrinsic germanium plate at room temperature whose area is 2×10-4 m2 and width is 1.2×10-3 m and a potential difference of 5 V is applied across its faces. Intrinsic charge carrier density is 1.6×106/m3 for germanium at room temperature. The mobility of electrons and holes is 0.4 m2V-1s-1 and 0.2 m2V-1s-1.

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At absolute zero temperature intrinsic Germanium and intrinsic Silicon, are

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At room temperature in intrinsic Silicon the number of charge carriers per unit volume is 1.6×1016/m3. If mobility of electrons is 0.150 m2 V-1 s-1 and mobility of holes is 0.05 m2 V-1 s-1. Then conductivity of silicon is Ωm is

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Pure silicon and germanium can be used as which of the followng:

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Cotyledons are also called-

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A Ge specimen is doped with Al. The concentration of acceptor atoms is ~1021atoms m-3. Given that the intrinsic concentration of electron-hole pair at this temperature is ~1019 m-3, the concentration of electrons in the specimen is:

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Which of the following statements is true about semiconductors?