The electron concentration in a piece of Si at 300 K is 105 cm-3. What is the hole concentration? A semiconductor is doped with impurity concentrations Na and N₁ such that Nd-N₂ >>n; and all the impurities are ionized. Determine n and p. a In a silicon sample at T = 300 K, the Fermi level is located at 0.26 eV (10 KT) above the intrinsic Fermi level. What are the hole and electron concentrations? What are the hole and electron concentration at T = 800 K for the sample in part (c), and where approximately is EF? Comment on your results.

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(a) The electron concentration in a piece of Si at 300 K is 105 cm-3. What is the hole
concentration?
(b) A semiconductor is doped with impurity concentrations Nd and No such that
Nd-Na>>n; and all the impurities are ionized. Determine n and p.
(c) In a silicon sample at T = 300 K, the Fermi level is located at 0.26 eV (10 kT) above
the intrinsic Fermi level. What are the hole and electron concentrations?
(d) What are the hole and electron concentration at T = 800 K for the sample in part
(c), and where approximately is EF? Comment on your results.
Transcribed Image Text:(a) The electron concentration in a piece of Si at 300 K is 105 cm-3. What is the hole concentration? (b) A semiconductor is doped with impurity concentrations Nd and No such that Nd-Na>>n; and all the impurities are ionized. Determine n and p. (c) In a silicon sample at T = 300 K, the Fermi level is located at 0.26 eV (10 kT) above the intrinsic Fermi level. What are the hole and electron concentrations? (d) What are the hole and electron concentration at T = 800 K for the sample in part (c), and where approximately is EF? Comment on your results.
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