// Find depletion layer capacitance // Basic Electronics // By Debashis De // First Edition, 2010 // Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 2-5 in page 86 clear; clc; close; // Given data epsln=12/(36*%pi*10^11); // Constant for Si in F/cm A=8.11058*10^-1; // Cross sectional area in m^2 mu_p=500; // Mobility of holes e=1.6*10^-19; // Charge on an electron in C V_j=4.9; // Junction potential in V // Calculation printf("(a)We have C_t/A = sqrt((e*epsnl)/2)*sqrt(Na/Vj)\n"); K=sqrt((e*epsln)/2); printf("sqrt((e*epsln)/2) = %0.2e\n",K); printf("Hence C_t = %0.2e * sqrt(Na/Vj) F/cm^2\n",K); K1=K*10^12; printf("Or C_t = %0.2e * sqrt(Na/Vj) pF/cm^2\n",K1); N_A=1/(3*mu_p*e); C_T=(2.9*10^-4)*sqrt(N_A/V_j)*(8.14*10^-3); printf("(b)The depletion layer capacitance = %0.2f pF",C_T); // Result // (a) The expression for depletion layer capacitance is proved // (b) The depletion layer capacitance in silicon is 68.84 pF