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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

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