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A pure semiconductor germanium or silicon, free of every impurity is called intrinsic semiconductor. At room temperature, a pure semiconductor has very small number of current carriers (electrons and holes) .Hence its conductivity is low. When the impurity atoms of valance five or three are doped in a pure semiconductor, we get respectively n- type or p- type extrinsic semiconductor. In case of doped semiconductor ne.nh = ni2. Where ne and nh are the number density of electron and hole charge carriers in a pure semiconductor. The conductivity of extrinsic semiconductor is much higher than that of intrinsic semiconductor. |
What is the correct statement about the hole in context of semiconductors? |
Anti-particle of an electron A vacancy created when an electron leaves covalent bond Absence of free electrons An artificially created particle |
A vacancy created when an electron leaves covalent bond |
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