Biased Sip-n junction A Si p-n junction with area of 0.001 cm* is formed with an acceptor concent...
Biased Si p-n junction (a) An abrupt Si p-n junction (Schottky model) of square cross section with area of 1x10-4 cm* has the following properties at 300 K: side Na - 1x1017 cm3 n side Na=1x1015 -3 cim =10us 200 cm 2/Vs) In 700 cm2/(Vs) In = 1300 cm 2/(Vs - 450 cm/(Vs) The junction is forward biased by 0.5 V. What is the forward current? (b) What is the current at a reverse bias of-0.5 V? Biased Si p-n...
3.13 Si pn junction Consider a long pn junction diode with an acceptor doping Naof 1018 cm-3 on the p-side and donor concentration of Nj on the n-side. The diode is forward biased and has a voltage of 0.6 V across it. The diode cross-sectional area is 1 mm2. The minority carrier recombination time, T, depends on the total dopant concentration, Ndopant (cm), through the following approximate empirical relation (5x 10-7)/(1 + 2 10-17N1°pan.) where T is in seconds. (a)...
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...
3.13 Si pn junction Consider a long pn junction diode with an acceptor doping Naof 1018 cm-3 on the p-side and donor concentration of Nj on the n-side. The diode is forward biased and has a voltage of 0.6 V across it. The diode cross-sectional area is 1 mm2. The minority carrier recombination time, T, depends on the total dopant concentration, Ndopant (cm), through the following approximate empirical relation (5x 10-7)/(1 + 2 10-17N1°pan.) where T is in seconds. (a)...
this is a problem of semiconductor device and fundamentals. Problem 4: pn Junction Current Distributions Consider a Si pn step junction diode maintained at room temperature, with p-side and n-side dopant concentrations NA 1016 cm3 and Np-2x1016 cm3, respectively. (You may assume that each side is uncompensated.) The minority carrier recombination lifetimes are τ,-10-6 s and τ,-10-7 s on the p-side and n-side, respectively a) Calculate the minority carrier densities at the edges of the depletion region when the applied...
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" +...
N P n=10 p=109 1013 4.32P) The figure shows carrier densities of a Si PN junction diode. Before solution choose suitable positive integer values of a and b (a>b) and show this numbers clearly in a box. a) Write the bias type and explain your reason. Calculate the bias voltage. (n=101) b) What are the equilibrium values of minority carriers? c) Calculate the hole concentration on the N side at x=0. d) Diffusion constants of electron and holes has Dn=cDp...
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...
4. AP-N abrupt junction is formed in Silicon as follows: The P-side has a uniform acceptor concentration of 2E18/cm^3 and the N-side has a uniform donor concentration of 2E15/cm^3. (a) Find the built-in voltage, V of the P-N junction at 300K. (b) Find the width of the depletion regions in the P and N regions of the transition region for zero reverse bias and for 5V reverse bias. (c) What is the depletion capacitance per unit area with zero reverse...
a3. (a) Draw a band diagram and a cross-sectional diagram of an abrupt p-n junction0Marks] with N>N at thermal equilibrium at 300K and label the following: () Diffusion currents, (i) Drift currents (ii) Fermi level, (iv) SCR, (v) QNR, (vi) Contact potential with polarity, (vi) Electric field distribution in the SCR, (vii) Electrostatic potential distribution in SCR, (ix) SCR charges, and (x) SCR penetration into the p-and n sides. (b) In a p'-n junction at 300K, the n side has...