Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits MCQs for NEET — Physics Questions with Answers

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At room temperature, a P-type semiconductor has

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(a) In P-type semi conductor, holes are majority charge carriers.

The energy band gap is maximum in

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(c) The energy band gap is maximum in insulators

for metals, Eg0

for semiconductors, 0<Eg<3 eV

for insulators, Eg>3 eV

The process of adding impurities to the pure semiconductor is called 

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(c) It is called doping.

To a germanium sample, traces of gallium are added as an impurity. The resultant sample would behave like

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(b) Gallium is trivalent impurity.

Donor type impurity is found in 

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(b) One atom of pentavalent impurity, donates one electron.

The difference in the variation of resistance with temperature in a metal and a semiconductor arises essentially due to the difference in the 

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(c) In a metal, the no. of  charge carriers remains same with increase in temperature and their kinetic energy increases.

In a semi-conductor the  no. of charge  carriers increases with increase in temperature.

The charge on a hole is equal to the charge of

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(b) The charge on hole is positive.

A Ge specimen is doped with Al. The concentration of acceptor atoms is ~1021 atoms/m3. Given that the intrinsic concentration of electron hole pairs is ~1019/m3, the concentration of electrons in the specimen is 

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(a) ni2=nhne10192=1021×nene=1017/m3

Which of the following has negative temperature coefficient of resistance 

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(d) Temperature co-efficient of semiconductor is negative.

In semiconductors at a room temperature 

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(a) Copper, Aluminum, Iron are conductors, while Ge is semiconductor.

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