The impurity to be mixed in pure Germanium in order to make it a p−type semiconductor is________
A
Phosphorus
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B
Antimony
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C
Aluminium
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D
Arsenic
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Solution
The correct option is C Aluminium p-type semiconductor has holes as the majority charge carriers. Thus when a pure Germanium semiconductor is doped with the impurity of trivalent elements like Aluminium or Boron, it gets converted into a p-type semiconductor.