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Which Semiconductors are created by doping an intrinsic semiconductor with acceptor impurities?

A
p-type
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n-type
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both of them
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none of them
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Solution

The correct option is A p-type
When a suitable trivalent impurity (also called acceptor impurities as these accept electrons from the covalent bond of intrinsic semiconductor) is added to pure semiconductor crystal, we get extrinsic semiconductor known as a p-type semiconductor.

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