Question: 4 A Silicon specimen placed in a lab at 17°C has an equal electron and hole concentration. A doping experiment is carried out and the concentration of holes drops by factor of 108. Find type of dopant and its concentration.

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Question: 1 Ali has just received an intrinsic silicon wafer from Global Wafers Co. Assist Ali in
calculating the intrinsic charge carrier concentration at 7°C and 87°C.
Question: 2 Calculate n; for intrinsic Silicon crystal at 32°C? At thermal equilibrium, what will be
the ratio of ionized atom to the total the total atoms in Silicon?
Question: 3 A Silicon wafer is doped with 10¹9 atoms/cm³ of acceptor impurity. Find the
concentration of charge carriers in the extrinsic semiconductor. (At room temperature'
Question: 4 A Silicon specimen placed in a lab at 17°C has an equal electron and hole
concentration. A doping experiment is carried out and the concentration of holes drops by factor
of 10³. Find type of dopant and its concentration.
Transcribed Image Text:Question: 1 Ali has just received an intrinsic silicon wafer from Global Wafers Co. Assist Ali in calculating the intrinsic charge carrier concentration at 7°C and 87°C. Question: 2 Calculate n; for intrinsic Silicon crystal at 32°C? At thermal equilibrium, what will be the ratio of ionized atom to the total the total atoms in Silicon? Question: 3 A Silicon wafer is doped with 10¹9 atoms/cm³ of acceptor impurity. Find the concentration of charge carriers in the extrinsic semiconductor. (At room temperature' Question: 4 A Silicon specimen placed in a lab at 17°C has an equal electron and hole concentration. A doping experiment is carried out and the concentration of holes drops by factor of 10³. Find type of dopant and its concentration.
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