At room temperature (i.e., 300 K), a semiconductor made of gallium arsenide (GaAs) has an intrinsic electron concentration (ni) of 1.8×10^6 cm^-3 , an electron mobility (μe) of 8500 cm^2 V^1 s^-1 , and a hole mobility (μh) of 400 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1 . \ (a) Calculate the intrinsic electric conductivity and resistivity of GaAs at 300 K. (b) When GaAs is doped with an ionized donor concentration of 10^15 cm^-3 , where is the Fermi level? Calculate the electric conductivity of the doped GaAs. (c) If the semiconductor sample discussed in (b) is further doped with an ionized accept
At room temperature (i.e., 300 K), a semiconductor made of gallium arsenide (GaAs) has an intrinsic electron concentration (ni) of 1.8×10^6 cm^-3 , an electron mobility (μe) of 8500 cm^2 V^1 s^-1 , and a hole mobility (μh) of 400 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1 . \
(a) Calculate the intrinsic electric conductivity and resistivity of GaAs at 300 K.
(b) When GaAs is doped with an ionized donor concentration of 10^15 cm^-3 , where is the Fermi level? Calculate the electric conductivity of the doped GaAs.
(c) If the semiconductor sample discussed in (b) is further doped with an ionized acceptor concentration of 9×10^14 cm^-3 , what is the free hole concentration and electric conductivity of the sample?
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