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◼ Atom is stable → Filled or Empty valence shell
1- Gain (or) lose electrons → Ionic compounds
Semiconductor Materials
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◼ Atom is stable → Filled or Empty valence shell
1-share electrons-→ covalent bonds
Semiconductor Materials
8. Semiconductor Materials
◼ Intrinsic (pure) semiconductor
Pure silicon is the most commonly used
Pure carbon very expensive
Pure Germanium has poor temperature
stability.
◼ Extrinsic (impure) semiconductor
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11. Intrinsic Semiconductor
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◼ No Impurities.
◼ Complete bonds at 0 K.
◼ No charge carriers.
Is it conductor ?!
◼ T > 0 → free electrons
12. What happen if T>0 k
◼ Si has four valence electrons. Therefore, it can
form covalent bonds with four of its nearest
neighbors.
◼ When temperature goes up, electrons can
become free to move about the Si lattice.
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14. There are 2 types of mobile charge carriers in Si:
Conduction electrons are negatively charged;
Holes are positively charged.
15. Charge Carriers
◼ Excited electron = Free electron = Conduction
electron:
Electron from valence band to conduction
band.
◼ Negative electrons (n)…. ” Conduction band: Ec”
◼ Positive holes (p)------” Valence band: Ev ”
◼ Bandgap energy: ----”No carriers”
Eg = (Ec – Ev)
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16. Charge Carriers
Carrier generation process
◼ Carrier generation describes
processes by which electrons gain
energy and move from the valence
band to the conduction band,
producing two mobile carriers;
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17. ◼ Recombination describes
processes by which a conduction
band electron loses energy and
re-occupies the energy state of an
electron hole in the valence band.
◼ The electron–hole pair is the
fundamental unit of generation
and recombination
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Charge Carriers
Carrier recombination process
18. Charge Carriers
◼ For the intrinsic
material, since
electrons and
holes are always
created in pairs, n
= p = ni where ni is
the symbol for
”intrinsic carrier
concentration.”
◼ To quantify electron
concentration (n) we count
number of electrons in the
conduction band per unit
volume /cm3
◼ To quantify hole
concentration (p) we count
number of holes in the
valance band per unit
volume /cm3
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◼ Doping process
Adding impurities to intrinsic semiconductor
To increase number of electrons (negative doping)
To increase number of holes (positive doping)
◼ n-type semiconductor
◼ p-type semiconductor
Extrinsic (Impure) Semiconductors
23. n-type semiconductors
What happen when adding pentavalent
atoms to intrinsic semiconductor?
▪ As atom has five valance
electron.
▪ Four electron form a covalent
bound with four silicon
▪ Fifth electron has no chance to
form such a bound (Free electron)
▪ Each As atom donate one
electron to conduction band of Si
atom leaving a positive charged
atom behind (ionization)
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24. All donor atoms included in the crystal will give an electron to conduction band
𝒏𝟎 ≅ 𝑵𝑫
Example : 1 mg of As atom will have 8x1014 atom
1 e- 8x1014 free electron
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n-type semiconductors
What happen when adding pentavalent
atoms to intrinsic semiconductor?
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ED donor energy level
As a result of pentavalent impurity there will always be more free electrons
in the conduction band than holes in the valence band
Majority carriers : electrons
Minority carriers : holes
n-type semiconductors
Energy Band Diagram
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26. ◼ ni: intrinsic carrier
concentration
◼ ND: Donor concentration
◼ n: electron concentration
◼ p: hole concentration
◼ n-type
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◼ Intrinsic semi-conductor
n = p = ni
n-type semiconductors
Carrier concentration (Low of mass action)
28. p-type semiconductors
What happen when adding triavalent atoms
to intrinsic semiconductor?
▪ As atom has three valance
electron.
▪ three electron form a covalent
bound with three silicon
▪ It need one more electron to be
stable
▪ Each atom accept one electron
from Si atom creating a negative
charged atom behind (ionization)
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29. All acceptor atoms included in the crystal will accept an electron (adding hole in
valance band) 𝒑𝟎 ≅ 𝑵𝑨
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p-type semiconductors
What happen when adding trivalent atoms to
intrinsic semiconductor?
30. p-type semiconductors
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EA acceptor energy level
31. ◼ ni: intrinsic carrier
concentration
◼ NA: Accaptor
concentration
◼ n: electron concentration
◼ p: hole concentration
◼ p-type
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◼ Intrinsic semi-conductor
n = p = ni
p-type semiconductors
Carrier concentration (Low of mass action)
32. Carriers transfer
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There are two distinctly different mechanisms
for the movement of charge carriers and hence
for current flow in semiconductors: drift and
diffusion.
Currents
Drift
Diffusion
33. Carriers transfer
Drift current
❑Due to electric field (E) applied.
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Holes are accelerated in the direction of E,
and free electrons are accelerated in the
direction opposite to that of E.
34. Carriers transfer
Drift current
◼ The flow of charge carriers,
which is due to the applied
voltage or electric field is called
drift current.
◼ In a semiconductor, there are
two types of charge carriers,
(electrons and holes)
◼ When the voltage is applied to a
semiconductor, the free
electrons move towards the
positive terminal of a battery and
holes move towards the
negative terminal of a battery. 34
35. Carriers transfer
◼ Drift current
Due to electric field (E) applied.
Drift velocity
µp hole mobility & µn electron mobility
◼ Vn is the drift velocity representing the carrier concentration of electrons.
◼ µn is the mobility of the particular electrons and
◼ E represents the electric field applied to the n-type of the semiconductor
Mobility measures how easily electronsholes moves in response to the
applied electrical field 35
E
v p
p
= E
v n
n
−
=
36. Drift current density
n
n v
n
q
J −
= p
p v
p
q
J =
E
n
n μ
v −
= E
p
p μ
v =
E
n
μ
n
q
= E
p
μ
p
q
=
( )E
p
n
p
n μ
p
nμ
q
J
J
J +
=
+
=
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q = 1.6X10-19 coulomb
µn is the mobility of electrons its units are cm2/ Vs
µp is the mobility of holes and its units are cm2/ Vs
E is the electric field applied on it and it is measured in terms of V/ cm
37. Conductivity of Semiconductor
( )
p
n μ
p
nμ
q
σ +
=
σ
ρ
1
=
E
=
J
( )E
p
n μ
p
nμ
q
J +
=
Ohm’s law:
( ) ( )
p
A
n
D
p
n μ
N
μ
N
q
μ
p
nμ
q +
+
=
1
1
resistivity of silicon
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38. ◼ Carrier diffusion occurs when the density of charge
carriers in a piece of semiconductor is not uniform.
◼ Carrier will diffuse from the region of high
concentration to the region of low concentration.
◼ The diffusion of charge carriers gives rise to a net
flow of charge, or diffusion current.
◼ If uniform concentrations of (n & P) → no current.
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Carriers transfer
Diffusion current
