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What is the Tempetature coefficient of an extrinsic semiconductor?

negative


Why does an extrinsic semiconductor behave like an intrinsic semiconductor at high temperature?

With the increase in temperature, the concentration of minority carriers starts increasing. Eventually, a temperature is reached called the critical temperature (85° C in case of germanium and 200° C in case of silicon) when the number of covalent bonds that are broken is very large and the number of holes is approximately equal to number of electrons. The extrinsic semiconductor now behaves essentially like an intrinsic semi-conductor.


Which semiconductor have positive temperature coefficient?

With the increase in temperature if the resistance increases or the current in the circuit decreases then it is said to be have positive temperature coefficient .But in semi-conductors with the increase in temperature the electrons present in the valance band are excited and they would enter the conduction band for conduction . As the no. of charge carriers always increase in a semi-conductor , implies that the current always increases with the increase in temperature so the semi-conductor can never have positive temperature coefficient


Is silicon a extrinsic or intrinsic semiconductor?

silicon is intrinsic semiconductor until we add some impurities in it. the impurities are either of group 3 called acceptors which make p type or of group 5 called donors which make n type semiconductor.


What is the difference between metal and semiconductor?

A semiconductor's resistivity decreases with increasing temperature. A metal's resistivity increases with increasing temperature.

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What is the temperature coefficient of extrinsic semiconductor?

positive


What is the Tempetature coefficient of an extrinsic semiconductor?

negative


How intrinsic semiconductor can be made into extrinsic semiconductor?

at higher values of temperature the intrinsic carrier concentration become comparable to or greater than doping concentration in extrinsic semiconductors. thus majority and minority carrier concentration increases with increase in temperature and it behaves like intrinsic semiconductor.


What is the effect of temperature on hall coefficient of a lightly doped semiconductor?

hall coefficient of a lightly doped semiconductor will decrease with increase in temp as hall coefficient is inversely proportional to number density of charge carriers.


Why does an extrinsic semiconductor behave like an intrinsic semiconductor at high temperature?

With the increase in temperature, the concentration of minority carriers starts increasing. Eventually, a temperature is reached called the critical temperature (85° C in case of germanium and 200° C in case of silicon) when the number of covalent bonds that are broken is very large and the number of holes is approximately equal to number of electrons. The extrinsic semiconductor now behaves essentially like an intrinsic semi-conductor.


Why do extrinsic semiconductor behave as good conductors?

we know that relation in semiconductor is conductivity proportional to temp especially in extrinsic semiconductor holes or electrons are charge carriers . in extrinsic semiconductor when temp is increased then the energy of charge carriers also increases. now kinetic energy equall to [ (1/2) m v^2 ] in this M is constant this implies energy prop to square of velocity therefore if conductivity of charge carriers increases while increasing of temperature


What extrinsic semiconductor is?

Those semiconductors in which some impurity atoms are embedded are known as extrinsic semiconductors.


Why does an extrinsic semiconductor behave as an intrinsic semiconductor at elevated temperature?

...It is due to the fact that at higher temperatures, the energy in the semiconductor is greater than Eg by a considerable amount, meaning that the conduction band is more full. At these high temperatures, the dopants' role on electron-hole pairs is negligible.


What is the amount of impurities in pure semiconductor to make it extrinsic semiconductor?

the impurity add here is 1 atom of per million atoms of semiconductor.......


Why does the resistance of a semiconducting material decrease when the temperature increases?

The no of electrons in the conduction band increases when the temperature of the semiconductor material increases. therefore resistance decreases. This is also know as "Negative temperature coefficient"


Which semiconductor have positive temperature coefficient?

With the increase in temperature if the resistance increases or the current in the circuit decreases then it is said to be have positive temperature coefficient .But in semi-conductors with the increase in temperature the electrons present in the valance band are excited and they would enter the conduction band for conduction . As the no. of charge carriers always increase in a semi-conductor , implies that the current always increases with the increase in temperature so the semi-conductor can never have positive temperature coefficient


Why do the semiconductors have negative temperature coefficient whereas the metals have positive values?

Semiconductors: When temperature increases, more electrons jump to conduction band from valance bond. Hence resistance decreases. Metals: Already plenty of electrons are there in conduction band. When temperature increases, the electrons in conduction band of metal vibrate and collide each other during their journey. Hence the the resistance of metal increases with increase of temperature. S.Lakshminarayana