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Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors

A pure Si\text{Si} crystal has 4×10284 \times 10^{28} atoms per m3\text{m}^{3}. It is doped by 1 ppm concentration of antimony. The number of free electrons available will be

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Answer: (c)

  1. Each Sb (pentavalent) atom donates one free electron, so ne≈NDn_e \approx N_D.
  2. 1 ppm means 1 dopant atom per 10610^{6} Si atoms: ND=4×1028106=4×1022 m−3N_D = \dfrac{4 \times 10^{28}}{10^{6}} = 4 \times 10^{22}\ \text{m}^{-3}
  3. So the answer is (c) 4×1022 m−34 \times 10^{22}\ \text{m}^{-3}.
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