// Find conductivity of intrinsic germanium // Basic Electronics // By Debashis De // First Edition, 2010 // Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 1-29 in page 53 clear; clc; close; // Data given ni=2.5*10^13; // Intrinsic concentration /cm^3 e=1.6*10^-19; // Charge on an electron in C mu_n=3800; // Mobility of electrons in cm^2/Vs mu_p=1800; // Mobility of holes in cm^2/Vs N_D=4.41*10^15; // Concentration of donor atoms in Ge /cm^3 // Calculation sigma=(ni*e)*(mu_n+mu_p); printf("(a)Intrinsic conductivity=%0.4f s/cm\n",sigma); p_0=(ni^2)/N_D; printf("p_0=%0.2e /cm^3\n",p_0); sigma1=N_D*e*mu_n; printf("(b)Since n_0>p_0, Conductivity=%0.2f s/cm\n",sigma1); n_0=(ni^2)/N_D; printf("With given acceptor impurity,\nn_0=%0.2e /cm^3\n",n_0); sigma2=N_D*e*mu_p; printf("(c)Since p_0>n_0, Conductivity=%0.2f s/cm",sigma2); // Result // (a) Conductivity in first case is 0.0224 s/cm // (b) Conductivity in second case is 2.68 s/cm // (c) Conductivity in third case is 1.27 s/cm