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Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

Kerala Board · Class 12 · Physics

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Classification of Materials

  • Materials are classified into metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on electrical conductivity
  • Metals have very low resistivity (10⁻² to 10⁻⁸ Ω m) and high conductivity (10² to 10⁸ S m⁻¹)
  • Semiconductors have intermediate resistivity (10⁻⁵ to 10⁶ Ω m) and conductivity (10⁻⁶ to 10⁵ S m⁻¹)
2

Intrinsic Semiconductors

  • Pure semiconductors like Si and Ge with no impurities are intrinsic semiconductors
  • Silicon and germanium have diamond lattice structure with 4 valence electrons each
  • Covalent bonding occurs between neighboring atoms sharing electron pairs
3

Extrinsic Semiconductors

  • Doping pure semiconductors with impurities creates extrinsic semiconductors
  • Dopant atoms must have similar size to host atoms to avoid lattice distortion
  • Two types: n-type (pentavalent dopants) and p-type (trivalent dopants)
4

p-n Junction Formation

  • p-n junction forms when p-type and n-type regions are created in same semiconductor
  • Two processes occur: diffusion (due to concentration gradient) and drift (due to electric field)
  • Electrons diffuse from n-side to p-side, holes diffuse from p-side to n-side

Key Concepts

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