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 c...
Biased Sip-n junction A Si p-n junction with area of 0.001 cm* is formed with an acceptor concentration of Na 1x1015 cm3 on the p-side and a donor concentration of Na- 1x10" cmon the n-side. Calculate at 300 K (a) the diffusion voltage VD (b) the space charge width at equilibrium and with zero bias (c) the current with forward bias of 0.5 eV. Assume that the current is diffusion dominated. The electron and hole mobilities are ln-1500 cm2/(Vs) and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Q1) A diode has a doping of No- 1019 /cm3 on the n-type side and NA 101/cm3 on the p-type side. What are the a) width of depletion region, b) width of depletion region in n side, c) width of depletion region in p side, d) junction potential at zero bias, e) junction width at a reverse bias of 13 V, and f) maximum electric field in zero bias just in the middle of the P-N junction at room temperature?...
XXX is 467 Design an ideal abrupt silicon PN-junction at 300 K such that the donor impurity concentration in the n-side N, = 5x1015 cm3 and the acceptor impurity concentration in the p-side N, = XXX × 1015/cm3 Assume that the diode area A-2x10-3 cm2 and 100cm work Note that the values obtained in the calculations may not be realistic as the Matric # varies greatly. The assignment is only to test your understanding, and must be handwritten Determine 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...
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.