Wednesday 18 May 2016

Energy band diagram of n-type, p-type & pn junction diode

N-Type Band Structure

The addition of donor impurities contributes electron energy levels high in the semiconductor band gap so that electrons can be easily excited into the conduction band. This shifts the effective Fermi levelto a point about halfway between the donor levels and the conduction band.
Electrons can be elevated to the conduction band with the energy provided by an applied voltage and move through the material. The electrons are said to be the "majority carriers" for current flow in an n-type semiconductor.

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P-Type Band Structure

The addition of acceptor impurities contributes hole levels low in the semiconductor band gap so that electrons can be easily excited from the valence band into these levels, leaving mobile holes in the valence band. This shifts the effective Fermi level to a point about halfway between the acceptor levels and the valence band.
Electrons can be elevated from the valence band to the holes in the band gap with the energy provided by an applied voltage. Since electrons can be exchanged between the holes, the holes are said to be mobile. The holes are said to be the "majority carriers" for current flow in a p-type semiconductor.



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P-N Energy Bands

For a p-n junction at equilibrium, the Fermi levels match on the two sides of the junctions. Electrons and holes reach an equilibrium at the junction and form a depletion region. The upward direction in the diagram represents increasing electron energy. That implies that you would have to supply energy to get an electron to go up on the diagram, and supply energy to get a hole to go down.
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