// Reverse saturation point of current // Basic Electronics // By Debashis De // First Edition, 2010 // Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 2-10 in page 93 clear; clc; close; // Given data b=2.11; // Constant Lsigma=3*10^-4; // Constant Vt=0.026; // Threshold voltage in V A=1.5*10^-6; // Cross sectional area in mm^2 sigmai=2.24; // Intrinsic conductivity /ohm-cm // Calculation I_0=((A*Vt*b*sigmai^2)/(1+b)^2)*((1/0.45)+(1/0.015)); printf("Reverse saturation point of current is %0.2e A",I_0); // Result // Reverse saturation point of current is 2.94 mu-A