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Question
Mention the important considerations required while fabricating a p-n junction diode to be used as a Light Emitting Diode (LED). What should be the order of band gap of an LED if it is required to emit light in the visible range?
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Solution
1. The reverse breakdown voltages of LEDs are very low, typically around 5V. So care should be taken while fabricating a pn-junction diode so that the high reverse voltages do not appear across them.
2. There is very little resistance to limit the current in LED. Therefore, a resistor must be used in series with the LED to avoid any damage to it.
The semiconductor used for fabrication of visible LEDs must at least have a band gap of 1.8 eV (spectral range of visible light is from about 0.4 μm to 0.7 μm, i.e., from about 3 eV to 1.8 eV).
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