Electronic Devices and Circuits - Engineering

Q1:

An extrinsic semiconductor sample has 6 billion silicon atoms and 3 million pentavalent impurity atoms. The number of electrons and holes is

A 3 million each

B 6 billion each

C 3 million free electrons and very small number of holes

D 3 million holes and very small number of free electrons

ANS:C - 3 million free electrons and very small number of holes

When pentavalent impurity is added, the number of fresh electrons is very large as compared to number of holes.