Question: A small concentration of minority carriers is injected into a homogeneous semiconductor crystal at one point. An electric field of 10 V.cm is applied across the crystal and this moves the minority carriers a distance of 1 cm is 20 µsec. The mobility (in cm<sup>2</sup>/volt.sec) is:
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MCQ: A small concentration of minority carriers is injected into a homogeneous semiconductor crystal at one point. An electric field of 10 V.cm is applied across the crystal and this moves the minority carriers a distance of 1 cm is 20 µsec. The mobility (in cm<sup>2</sup>/volt.sec) is:
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A. 1,000
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- 1. The mobility is given by (notations have their usual meaning):
- 2. Hall effect is observed in a specimen when it (metal or a semiconductor) is carrying current and is placed in a magnetic field. The resultant electric field inside the specimen will be in:
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- 4. The difference between the electron and hole Fermi energies of a semiconductor laser is 1.5eV and the band gap of the semiconductor is 1.43eV. The upper and lower frequency limits of the laser will be respectively:
- 5. A sample of <em>n</em>-type semiconductor has electron density of 6.25 x 10<sup>18</sup>/cm<sup>3</sup> at 300K. If the intrinsic concentration of carriers in this sample is 2.5 x 10<sup>13</sup>/cm<sup>3</sup>, at this temperature, the hole density becomes:
- 6. The intrinsic carrier density at 300K is 1.5 x 10<sup>10</sup>/cm<sup>3</sup> in silicon. For <em>n</em>-type silicon doped to 2.25 x 10<sup>15</sup> atoms/cm<sup>3</sup>, the equilibrium electron and hole densities are:
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- 9. Measurement of Hall coefficient in a semiconductor provides information on the:
- 10. In a <em>p–n junction</em> diode: <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1.The depletion capacitance increases with increase in the reverse-bias</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.The depletion capacitance decreases with increase in the reverse-bias</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.The diffusion capacitance increases with increase in the forward-bias</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.The diffusion capacitance is much higher than the depletion capacitance when it is forward-biased</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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