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Q#1 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2025 (Set 1) MSQ +1 mark -0 marks

Which of the following can be used as an n-type dopant for silicon?

Select the correct option(s).

Arsenic

Boron

Gallium

Phosphorous

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Q#2 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2025 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The intrinsic carrier concentration of a semiconductor is  at 300 K.

If the electron and hole mobilities are  and , respectively, then the intrinsic resistivity of the semiconductor (in  ) at 300 K is _________.

(Charge of an electron .)

1.65

1.25

0.85

1.95

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Q#3 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2025 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

The electron mobility  in a non-degenerate germanium semiconductor at 300 K is .

The electron diffusivity  at 300 K (in , rounded off to the nearest integer) is _________.

(Consider the Boltzmann constant  and the charge of an electron .)

26

98

38

10

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Q#4 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2024 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

For non-degenerately doped n-type silicon, which one of the following plots represents the temperature (𝑇) dependence of free electron concentration (𝑛)

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Q#5 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2024 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

A non-degenerate n-type semiconductor has  neutral dopant atoms. Its Fermi level is located at  below the conduction band  and the donor energy level  has a degeneracy of 2. Assuming the thermal voltage to be . The difference between  and  (in , rounded off to two decimal places) is __________.

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Q#6 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2024 (Set 1) MSQ +1 mark -0 marks

The free electron concentration profile  in a doped semiconductor at equilibrium is shown in the figure, where the points , and  mark three different positions. Which of the following statements is/are true?

For  between B and C, the electron diffusion current is directed from  to .

For  between B and A, the electron drift current is directed from B to A.

For  between B and C, the electric field is directed from B to C.

For  between B and A, the electric field is directed from  to .

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Q#7 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2023 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

In a semiconductor, if the Fermi energy level lies in the conduction band, then the semiconductor is known as

degenerate -type.

degenerate -type.

non-degenerate -type.

non-degenerate -type.

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Q#8 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2023 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

For an intrinsic semiconductor at temperature , which of the following statement is true?

All energy states in the valence band are filled with electrons and all energy states in the conduction band are empty of electrons.

All energy states in the valence band are empty of electrons and all energy states in the conduction band are filled with electrons.

All energy states in the valence and conduction band are filled with holes.

All energy states in the valence and conduction band are filled with electrons.

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Q#9 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2023 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

In an extrinsic semiconductor, the hole concentration is given to be  where  is the intrinsic carrier concentration of . The ratio of electron to hole mobility for equal hole and electron drift current is given as _________(rounded off to two decimal places).

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Q#10 Semiconductor Physics GATE EC 2023 (Set 1) NAT +2 marks -0 marks

In a semiconductor device, the Fermi-energy level is  above the valence band energy. The effective density of states in the valence band at  is . The thermal equilibrium hole concentration in silicon at  is  _________. (rounded off to two decimal places). Given KT at  is .

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