{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# 8: Semiconductor Physics" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Example number 1, Page number 8.19" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "number of electron hole pairs is 2.32 *10**16 per cubic metre\n", "answer varies due to rounding off errors\n" ] } ], "source": [ "#importing modules\n", "import math\n", "from __future__ import division\n", "\n", "#Variable declaration\n", "ni1=2.5*10**19; #number of electron hole pairs\n", "T1=300; #temperature(K)\n", "Eg1=0.72*1.6*10**-19; #energy gap(J)\n", "k=1.38*10**-23; #boltzmann constant\n", "T2=310; #temperature(K)\n", "Eg2=1.12*1.6*10**-19; #energy gap(J)\n", "\n", "#Calculation\n", "x1=-Eg1/(2*k*T1);\n", "y1=(T1**(3/2))*math.exp(x1);\n", "x2=-Eg2/(2*k*T2);\n", "y2=(T2**(3/2))*math.exp(x2);\n", "ni=ni1*(y2/y1); #number of electron hole pairs\n", "\n", "#Result\n", "print \"number of electron hole pairs is\",round(ni/10**16,2),\"*10**16 per cubic metre\"\n", "print \"answer varies due to rounding off errors\"" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Example number 2, Page number 8.20" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 13, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "intrinsic conductivity is 2.016 ohm-1 metre-1\n", "intrinsic resistivity is 0.496 ohm metre\n", "number of germanium atoms per m**3 is 4.5 *10**28\n", "new value of conductivity is 1.434 *10**4 ohm-1 metre-1\n", "new value of resistivity is 0.697 *10**-4 ohm metre\n", "answer for new values given in the book varies due to rounding off errors\n" ] } ], "source": [ "#importing modules\n", "import math\n", "from __future__ import division\n", "\n", "#Variable declaration\n", "w=72.6; #atomic weight\n", "d=5400; #density(kg/m**3)\n", "Na=6.025*10**26; #avagadro number\n", "mew_e=0.4; #mobility of electron(m**2/Vs)\n", "mew_h=0.2; #mobility of holes(m**2/Vs)\n", "e=1.6*10**-19;\n", "m=9.108*10**-31; #mass(kg)\n", "ni=2.1*10**19; #number of electron hole pairs\n", "Eg=0.7; #band gap(eV)\n", "k=1.38*10**-23; #boltzmann constant\n", "h=6.625*10**-34; #plancks constant\n", "T=300; #temperature(K)\n", "\n", "#Calculation\n", "sigma=ni*e*(mew_e+mew_h); #intrinsic conductivity(ohm-1 m-1)\n", "rho=1/sigma; #resistivity(ohm m)\n", "n=Na*d/w; #number of germanium atoms per m**3\n", "p=n/10**5; #boron density\n", "sigman=p*e*mew_h; #new value of conductivity(ohm-1 metre-1)\n", "rhon=1/sigman; #new value of resistivity(ohm metre)\n", "\n", "#Result\n", "print \"intrinsic conductivity is\",sigma,\"ohm-1 metre-1\"\n", "print \"intrinsic resistivity is\",round(rho,3),\"ohm metre\"\n", "print \"number of germanium atoms per m**3 is\",round(n/10**28,1),\"*10**28\"\n", "print \"new value of conductivity is\",round(sigman/10**4,3),\"*10**4 ohm-1 metre-1\"\n", "print \"new value of resistivity is\",round(rhon*10**4,3),\"*10**-4 ohm metre\"\n", "print \"answer for new values given in the book varies due to rounding off errors\"" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Example number 3, Page number 8.21" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 14, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "charge carrier density is 2 *10**22 per m**3\n", "electron mobility is 0.035 m**2/Vs\n" ] } ], "source": [ "#importing modules\n", "import math\n", "from __future__ import division\n", "\n", "#Variable declaration\n", "e=1.6*10**-19;\n", "RH=3.66*10**-4; #hall coefficient(m**3/coulomb)\n", "sigma=112; #conductivity(ohm-1 m-1)\n", "\n", "#Calculation\n", "ne=3*math.pi/(8*RH*e); #charge carrier density(per m**3)\n", "mew_e=sigma/(e*ne); #electron mobility(m**2/Vs)\n", "\n", "#Result\n", "print \"charge carrier density is\",int(ne/10**22),\"*10**22 per m**3\"\n", "print \"electron mobility is\",round(mew_e,3),\"m**2/Vs\"" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Example number 4, Page number 8.21" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 16, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "intrinsic conductivity is 0.432 *10**-3 ohm-1 m-1\n", "conductivity during donor impurity is 10.4 ohm-1 m-1\n", "conductivity during acceptor impurity is 4 ohm-1 m-1\n" ] } ], "source": [ "#importing modules\n", "import math\n", "from __future__ import division\n", "\n", "#Variable declaration\n", "mew_e=0.13; #mobility of electron(m**2/Vs)\n", "mew_h=0.05; #mobility of holes(m**2/Vs)\n", "e=1.6*10**-19;\n", "ni=1.5*10**16; #number of electron hole pairs\n", "N=5*10**28;\n", "\n", "#Calculation\n", "sigma1=ni*e*(mew_e+mew_h); #intrinsic conductivity(ohm-1 m-1)\n", "ND=N/10**8;\n", "n=ni**2/ND;\n", "sigma2=ND*e*mew_e; #conductivity(ohm-1 m-1)\n", "sigma3=ND*e*mew_h; #conductivity(ohm-1 m-1)\n", "\n", "#Result\n", "print \"intrinsic conductivity is\",round(sigma1*10**3,3),\"*10**-3 ohm-1 m-1\"\n", "print \"conductivity during donor impurity is\",sigma2,\"ohm-1 m-1\"\n", "print \"conductivity during acceptor impurity is\",int(sigma3),\"ohm-1 m-1\"" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Example number 5, Page number 8.22" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 18, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "conductivity is 4.97 mho m-1\n" ] } ], "source": [ "#importing modules\n", "import math\n", "from __future__ import division\n", "\n", "#Variable declaration\n", "e=1.6*10**-19;\n", "Eg=0.72; #band gap(eV)\n", "k=1.38*10**-23; #boltzmann constant\n", "T1=293; #temperature(K)\n", "T2=313; #temperature(K)\n", "sigma1=2; #conductivity(mho m-1)\n", "\n", "#Calculation\n", "x=(Eg*e/(2*k))*((1/T1)-(1/T2));\n", "y=round(x/2.303,3);\n", "z=round(math.log10(sigma1),3);\n", "log_sigma2=y+z;\n", "sigma2=10**log_sigma2; #conductivity(mho m-1)\n", "\n", "#Result\n", "print \"conductivity is\",round(sigma2,2),\"mho m-1\"" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 2", "language": "python", "name": "python2" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 2 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython2", "version": "2.7.11" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }