// Calculate drift velocity // Basic Electronics // By Debashis De // First Edition, 2010 // Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 1-12 in page 46 clear; clc; close; // Data given m_c=0.067*0.91*10^-30; // Effective electron mass in Kg e=1.6*10^-19; // Charge on an electron in C E_0=10^5; // External electric field in KV/m tou1=10^-13; // First Brillouin zone time in s tou2=10^-12; // Second Brillouin zone time in s tou3=10^-11; // Third Brillouin zone time in s // Calculation v_01=(e*tou1*E_0)/m_c; v_02=(e*tou2*E_0)/m_c; v_03=(e*tou3*E_0)/m_c; printf("(a)Drift velocity in first case is %0.2e m/s\n",v_01); printf("(b)Drift velocity in second case is %0.2e m/s\n",v_02); printf("(c)Drift velocity in third case is %0.2e m/s",v_03); // Result // (a) Drift velocity in first case is 2.62*10^4 cm/s // (b) Drift velocity in second case is 2.62*10^5 cm/s // (c) Drift velocity in third case is 2.62*10^6 cm/s