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Intrinsic refers to the doping -- intrinsic semiconductors are not doped. Whether compound or not, if they are not doped they are intrinsic.

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What are the types of intrinsic semiconductors?

The types of intrinsic semiconductors are mainly: silicon & germanium


Why intrinsic semiconductors behave like insulator at low temperature?

at low temperature its forbidden gap is very large so it act as a insulater.


Can LED be manufactured by intrinsic semi conductor?

LED is short for Light Emitting Diode. It is a special type of diode that emits light when it is forward biased. Diodes are made using N doped and P doped semiconductors(not intrinsic/pure.) They form a junction that allows the system to act as a diode. So in short, no. However these doped semiconductors were made using pure(intrinsic) semiconductors. Therefore depending on how far you trace back the process the semiconductors were once intrinsic. So depending on how you look at it, yes.


Pentavalent elements are added to intrinsic semiconductors elements to produce what type?

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Why we not use pure silicon instead of intrinsic silicon?

Intrinsic means no dopants. (a term used in semiconductors) So it means the same as pure.


Why the compound semiconductors are not suitable for making transistors and ICs?

Compound semiconductors have very low lifetime of charge carriers and hence they are not used for making Transistors and ICs.Rather it is used for making LEDs and LASER diodes.So the compound semiconductors are called photo-diodes. -M.R


What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic materials?

Intrinsic - A perfect semiconductor (ex: silicon) crystal with no impurities or lattice defects is called an intrinsic semiconductorExtrinsic - an extrinsic material is achieved by introducing impurities into the intrinsic material described above, such as doping silicon with boron atoms, such that the equilibrium carrier concentrations are different from the intrinsic carrier concentration.


Resistivity range of semiconductors lies between the range of?

Semiconductors have bulk resistivity in the range of 10-4 ohm-cm (heavily doped) to 103 ohm-cm (undoped, or intrinsic).


What are the advantage of semiconductor over conductor?

semiconductors are the conducors they are partially conduct electricity. And we can increase therir conductivity by using various method . They are Intrinsic method and extrinsic method . Intrinsic method is heating the semiconducter . Extrinsic method is doping. By using this method the conductivity of semiconductors is rapidly increases. Then we use semiconductors are prefferd to conductors


Difference between intrinsic and exterinsic semiconductors?

Answer An intrinsic semiconductor is a pure semiconductor. An extrinsic semiconductor is doped with trivalent of pentavalent impurities. semiconductors allow only a little amount of electricity to pass through them.they are of two types - n type and p typeAre made of the semiconductor material in its purest from


What has the author B R Nag written?

B. R. Nag has written: 'Electron transport in compound semiconductors' -- subject(s): Compound semiconductors, Electron transport 'Semiconductor Quantum Structures'


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.