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EE-204
By Atif M.Khokhar
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Intro Semiconductors
Types of Semiconductors
Formation of Extrinsic Semiconductors (Doping)
Properties of Extrinsic Semiconductors
Advantages of Doping
Current flow in Extrinsic Semiconductors
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You will be able to
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semiconductors: materials with conductivity between that of
conductors and insulators; e.g. germanium Ge, silicon Si, GaAs, GaP, InP
some representative resistivities ():
R = L/A, R = resistance, L = length, A = cross section area; resistivity at 20o C
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Material for which gap between valence band and
conduction band is small (gap width in Si is 1.1 eV, in Ge 0.7
eV).
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Electrons moving to conduction band leave “hole”
(covalent bond with missing electron) behind under
influence of applied electric field, neighboring
electrons can jump into the hole, thus creating a new
hole.
Holes can move under the influence of an applied
electric field, just like electrons both contribute to
conduction.
In pure Si and Ge, there are equally many holes
(“p-type charge carriers”) as there are conduction
electrons (“n-type charge carriers”)pure
semiconductors also called “intrinsic Semiconductors”.
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Silicon Energy Bands
At finite temperatures, the number of electrons which reach the
conduction band and contribute to current can be modeled by the
Fermi function. That current is small compared to that indoped
semiconductors under the same conditions.
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Germanium Energy Bands
At finite temperatures, the number of electrons which reach the conduction
band and contribute to current can be modeled by the Fermi function. That
current is small compared to that in doped semiconductors under the same
conditions.
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Doping
•If we purposely include some “impurities” in
the crystal, we can add more electrons.
• This works if the impurity atoms have one
more electron per atom than the host
semiconductor.
• Since we increase # of electrons, Fermi energy
increases
• Intrinsic means no doping.
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donor (N-type) impurities:
dopant with 5 valence electrons (e.g. P, As, Sb)
4 electrons used for covalent bonds with surrounding Si atoms,
one electron “left over”;
left over electron is only loosely bound only small amount of
energy needed to lift it into conduction band (0.05 eV in Si)
“n-type semiconductor”, has conduction electrons, no
holes (apart from the few intrinsic holes)
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T= 0 K
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Silicon Doping (Formation of N-type)
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N-type Semiconductors Current
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We can do the whole exercise
again for HOLES
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Acceptor (p-type) impurities:
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Silicon Doping (Formation of P-type)
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P-type Semiconductors Current
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Silicon Doping (Summary)
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Silicon Doping (Energy States)
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Advantages of Doping
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advantages of doped semiconductors:
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