Chapter 4
4.1
??Eg ni2?NcN?exp??kT??? ?? ?N?T?3cON?O??300??exp???Eg??? ?kT??
where NcO and N?O are the values at 300 K.
(a) Silicon T(K) kT(eV) n?3i(cm) 200 0.01727 7.68?104 400 0.03453 2.38?1012 600 0.0518 9.74?1014 (b) Germanium (c) GaAs T(K) n33i(cm?) ni(cm?) 200 2.16?1010 1.38 400 8.60?1014 3.28?109 600 3.82?1016 5.72?1012 _______________________________________ 4.2
Plot
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(a) n2?N??Eg?icN?exp??kT?? ?? ?5?1011?2??2.8?1019??1.04?1019??3?T??300??
?exp???1.12???0.0259??T300???
2.5?1023??2.912?1038??3?T??300??
?exp????1.12??300????0.0259??T???
By trial and error, T?367.5K
(b)
n2i??5?1012?2?2.5?1025
?3?2.912?1038???T????1.?300?12??300???exp???0.0259??T???
By trial and error, T?417.5K
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At T?200K, kT??0.0259???200??300??
?0.017267eV
At T?400K, kT??0.0259???400??300??
?0.034533eV
n2i?400??7.70?1010?217n2i?200???1.40?102?2?3.025?10
??400?3exp??Eg???300????0.034533???3?
?200??300??exp???Eg??0.017267??
?8exp??EgEg??0.017267?0.034533?
?
3.025?1017?8exp?Eg?57.9139?28.9578??
or
?3.025?1017E?g?28.9561??ln????8???38.1714 or Eg?1.318eV
Now ?7.70?1010?23?N?400?coN?o??300??
??x??exp???1.318??0.034533?? 5.929?1021?N?17coN?o?2.370??2.658?10? so NcoN?o?9.41?1037cm?6
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???1.10nexp???i?Bn??kT??exp???0.20?? i?A?exp???0.90??kT??kT?? For T?200K, kT?0.017267eV For T?300K, kT?0.0259eV For T?400K, kT?0.034533eV
(a) For T?200K, ? niB?n?exp???0.20????9.325?10?6 i?A??0.017267(b) For T?300K, ? ni?B??0.20??nA??exp??0.0259???4.43?104 i?(c) For T?400K, ? niB?n??exp???0.20??0.034533???3.05?10?3 i?A_______________________________________ 4.6
(a) g?E?E???E?EF??cfFcexp??kT??
?E?E???E?Ec??cexp??kT??
?exp????Ec?EF???kT?? Let E?Ec?x
Then gcfF?xexp??kT??
To find the maximum value: d?gcfF?dx?12x?1/2exp???x??kT??
?1kT?x1/2exp???x??kT???0 which yields
1x1/2 kT2x1/2?kT?x?2 The maximum value occurs at
E?EkTc?2
(b)
g?E???EF?E????1?fF???Eexp??kT??
?E???E??E????Eexp??kT?? ?exp?? ??EF?E????kT?? Let E??E?x
Then g??x???1?fF??xexp??kT??
To find the maximum value ?
dg??1?fF??dx?d?dx??xexp???x??kT??????0 Same as part (a). Maximum occurs at
x?kT2
or
E?EkT??2
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E?E????E1?Ec??1cexp
n?E1??kT??n?E?2?Eexp????E
2?Ec??2?Ec?kT?? where
E?4kT and EkT1?Ec2?Ec?2 Then
n?E1?4kT???E1?E2??n?E?2?kTexp??kT?? 2
?22exp???????4?1??2?????22exp??3.5?
or
n?E1?n?E?0.0854
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Plot
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Plot
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E3?Fi?Emidgap?4kTln?m*p???m*? n?? Silicon: m**p?0.56mo, mn?1.08mo
EFi?Emidgap??0.0128eV Germanium: m*p?0.37mo,
m*n?0.55mo
EFi?Emidgap??0.0077eV Gallium Arsenide: m*p?0.48mo,
m*n?0.067mo EFi?Emidgap??0.0382eV _______________________________________ 4.11 E1Fi?Emidgap??kT?ln??N??2???Nc??
?12?kT?ln???1.04?1019???2.8?1019????0.4952?kT? T(K) kT(eV) (EFi?Emidgap)(eV) 200 0.01727 ?0.0086 400 0.03453 ?0.0171 600 0.0518 ?0.0257 _______________________________________ 4.12
(a) E3?m*p?Fi?Emidgap?4kTln???*?m
n?? ?3?0.70?4?0.0259?ln??1.21??
??10.63meV
(b) E3?0.75?Fi?Emidgap?4?0.0259?ln??0.080??
??43.47meV
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Let gc?E??K?constant Then
? no?gc?E?fF?E?dE
E?c? ?K?1exp???dE
Ec1??E?EF?kT???? ?K?exp????E?EF??Ec?kT??dE Let ??E?EckT so that dE?kT?d?
We can write E?EF??Ec?EF???E?Ec?
so that