1. Consider a p*n silicon diode at T-300 K with doping concentrations of N 10 cin...
A silicon pn junction at T = 300 K has the following parameters: Na-5 1016 cm-?, N,-1 1016 cm-3, D.-25 cm3/s, D.-10 cm2/s, ?,0-5 x 10-7 s, and To 1 X 10-7 s. The cross-sectional area is A 10-3 cm2 and the forward- bias voltage is V,-0.625 V. Calculate the (a) minority electron diffusion cur- rent at the space charge edge, (b) minority hole diffusion current at the space charge edge, and (c) total current in the pn junction diode.
3. A silicon step junction has uniform impurity doping concentrations of N. 5 x 1015 cm-3 and Nd = 1 x 1015 cm-, and a cross-sectional area of A-|0-4 cm2. Let tao -0.4 s and tpo 0.1 us. Consider the geometry in Figure.Calculate (a) the ideal reverse saturation current due to holes, (b) the ideal reverse saturation current due to electrons, (c) the hole concentration at a, if V V and (d) the electron current at x = x" +...
Problem 7: A silicon diode is asymmetrically doped at ND-10', cm? and N-1016 cm'. (Note that at N 10" the semiconductor is on the edge of degeneracy, but we can assume that non-degenerate carrier statistics are close enough for this problem.) Answer the following questions assuming room temperature. Assume that the minority electron and hole lifetimes are τ.-, 10's. The lengths of the N and P regions are L = 500 μm and 1. >> x,,x . a) Find the...
P3. For an ideal abrupt silicon (Si) P*N diode with doping concentrations Na = 1 x 107 cm3 and N 1 x 105 cm. (a) Find the stored minority carriers density in the N-side neutral region (infinitely long comparing with Lp and Ln) when a forward bias of 1 V is applied. (b) Calculate the hole current density in the region of (a) at x, 0. (Assume the average diffusion length of hole is 5 um the average carrier life...
P3. For an ideal abrupt silicon (Si) P*N diode with doping concentrations Na = 1 x 107 cm3 and N 1 x 105 cm. (a) Find the stored minority carriers density in the N-side neutral region (infinitely long comparing with Lp and Ln) when a forward bias of 1 V is applied. (b) Calculate the hole current density in the region of (a) at x, 0. (Assume the average diffusion length of hole is 5 um the average carrier life...
Problem 4: An abrupt silicon p-n junction diode has the following characteristics. side n-side N-4x 1016cm N1016cm3 n 1000 cm2/V sec 350 cm2/V sec Area A 102cm2 Calculate the following quantities: (a) Reverse saturation hole current component (b) Reverse saturation electron current component. (c) Minority carrier concentrations at the edge of the depletion layer, p(0) and pr(0), for a forward voltage of 0.6 V (d) Electron and hole current for the bias condition of (c). (e) Make a rough sketch...
Thanks.... Question 2 (5 marks) a) State the ideal-diode equation. b) Forward-bias-voltage of V, 0.625 V is applied to a silicon p-n junction with its cross 10 cm2. At T 300 K, it has the following parameters: n, 1.5 x 100 cm3 N, 5 x 1016 cm3 Na-1 x 106 cm D, 25 cm'ls D, 10 cm/s Tao 5 x 10s tpo 1 x 10s sectional area, A Calculate: i) the minority electron diffusion current at the space charge edge,...
Problem 3 (25 points) Consider a silicon pn junction at T - 300 K, NA- 1016 cm3, ND-5x1016 cm-3. The minority carrier lifetimes are τα , τ,-1 us. The junction is forward biased with Va-0.5V The minority carrier diffusion coefficients are D 25 cm/s, Da- 10 cm2/s n,1.5x1010 cm3 kT 0.0267 Depletion region p-type n-type a) (5 points) Calculate the excess electron concentration as a function of x in the p-side (see the figure above) b) (10 points) Calculate the...
An abrupt junction GaAs diode is doped with acceptors on the P-side at a concentration of 1016 cm−3 , donors on the N-side at a concentration of 1017 cm−3 and operated at 300 K. The hole recombination time on the N-side 0.2 µs and the electron recombination time on the P-side is 2 µs. The cross sectional area is 10-2 cm2 a) Calculate the reverse saturation current. b) Calculate the contact potential. e) Calculate the bias voltage needed to obtain...
The doping and geometric parameters of a P–N junction diode are: - ND = 10^20 cm−3, Wcathode = 1 μm <<Lp, - NA = 5 × 10^15 cm−3, Wanode = 10 μm <<Ln, - Junction area AJ = 500 × 500 μm2. Calculate the reverse biasing current IS, and then use this result to obtain the forward voltage that corresponds to a current of 100 mA, if the semiconductor material is: (a) Si (μn = 1450 cm2/V · s, μp...