Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
The figure shows a piece of pure semiconductor S in series with a variable resistor R and a source of constant voltage V. Should the value of R be increased or decreased to keep the reading of the ammeter constant, when semiconductor S is heated? Justify your answer

Advertisements
उत्तर
To keep the reading of ammeter constant value of R should be increased as with the increase in temperature of a semiconductor, its resistance decreases and current tends to increase.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductor. (Give any two points).
A donor impurity results in ______.
In n-type semiconductor, the fifth electron ______.
State how a p-type semiconductor will be obtained from a pure crystal of a semiconductor.
Explain the following term:
Extrinsic semiconductor
Distinguish between n-type and p-type semiconductors.
Suppose a ‘n’-type wafer is created by doping Si crystal having 5 × 1028 atoms/m3 with 1 ppm concentration of As. On the surface 200 ppm Boron is added to create ‘P’ region in this wafer. Considering n i = 1.5 × 1016 m–3, (i) Calculate the densities of the charge carriers in the n and p regions. (ii) Comment which charge carriers would contribute largely for the reverse saturation current when diode is reverse biased.
Name the extrinsic semiconductors formed when pure germanium is doped with a Pentavalent impurity. Draw the energy band diagram of extrinsic semiconductors so formed.
Pieces of copper and of silicon are initially at room temperature. Both are heated to temperature T. The conductivity of ______.
With an increase in the temperature, the electrical conductivity of a semiconductor ______.
