A slab of intrinsic Silicon (at room temperature) is biased, the applied electric field inside the slab is |?⃗ | = 1.0x103 V/cm.     a) What is the drift speed of the electrons b) Calculate the mean free time for electrons c) What is the average distance travelled between collisions (mean free path) d) Compare the answer in part c to the mean free path along the drift direction e) What is the hole drift current density Jpd

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A slab of intrinsic Silicon (at room temperature) is biased, the applied electric
field inside the slab is |?⃗ | = 1.0x103 V/cm.
 
 
a) What is the drift speed of the electrons
b) Calculate the mean free time for electrons
c) What is the average distance travelled between collisions (mean free path)
d) Compare the answer in part c to the mean free path along the drift direction
e) What is the hole drift current density Jpd
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