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...
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...
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...
1. Consider a p*n silicon diode at T-300 K with doping concentrations of N 10 cin and N-101 cm-3. The minority carier hole diffusion coefficient is D 12 cm2/s and the minority carrier hole lifetime is po 10-7 s. The cross sectional area is A 10- cm2. Calculate the reverse saturation current and the diode current at a forward-bias voltage of 0.50v A germanium p* n diode at T-300 K has the following parameters: Na 108 cm-3 N,--1016 cm", ,...
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" +...
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...
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 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...
For an abrupt p-n junction of Area = 10-4 cm2, the measured capacitance under reverse bias of 20 V is 12 pF/cm2. Calculate the donor concentration.
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...