An intrinsic carrier concentration of a p-typesemiconductor is 1-1010-cm3 and themajority carrier concentration is 1-1018-cm3- Then minority carrier concentration isAssume the p-type semiconductor is under thermal equilibrium

Given, Intrinsic carrier cncentration of p type semiconductor,n_i=1×10^10/cm^3 Majority carrier concentration,p=1×10^18/cm^3 Under thermal equilibrium, mass act ...

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$An intrinsic carrier concentration of a p-type semiconductor is 1 \times 10^{10} / c m^{3} and the majority carrier concentration is 1 \times 10^{18} / c m^{3} . Then minority carrier concentration is (Assume the p-type semiconductor is under thermal equilibrium)$

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$Given, Intrinsic carrier cncentration of p-type semiconductor, n_{i} = 1 \times 10^{10} / c m^{3} Majority carrier concentration, p = 1 \times 10^{18} / c m^{3} Under thermal equilibrium, mass action law is valid for semiconductor ∴ n p = n_{i}^{2} ∴ Minority carrierr concenration n = \frac{n_{i}^{2}}{p} = \frac{10^{20}}{10^{18}} = 10^{2} / c m^{3}$

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