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Splice PN

1) Analysis of a semiconductor drugged in arbitrary way:

The presence of a gradient of concentration of bearers gives to place to one current of spread from the region to greater concentration towards the region to smaller concentration, the bearers who move themselves per² leave of the Ionian ones of opposite sign, the distribution of loads that it is obtained gives to place to an electric field who opposes to the ulterior electron flow therefore to the equilibrium the semiconductor is characterized from a still variable concentration of bearers with the position and from he upgrades them of Built-In. The presence of an electric field deduces easy observing that on the band charts the energy that separates the level of Firm from the conduction band is energy upgrades them while the difference of energy between the band of conduction and the energy of the electron is kinetic energy of this last one, therefore defining like upgrades them and remembering the relation between it upgrades them and field has in how much andf he is constant in a semiconductor to the thermal equilibrium and therefore its derivative is null while and it is found to the center between valence band and conduction band and therefore varies if the semiconductor has variable drogaggio.

To the thermal equilibrium the current that slides in the semiconductor must be in average null therefore from the equation of Drift & Diffusion ottiene of the rest being itself uguagliando the two found expressions obtain that integrated between two points to various concentration it supplies or in exponential shape .

 

2) Equation of Poisson for a semiconductor with a generic drogaggio and its simplification:

where e has been replaced. The equation is not solvable in the general case therefore often comes adopted two simplifications:

to)       Approximation of nearly-neutrality, in short it assumes itself that the concentration of bearers is pressoche equal to the concentration of the impurities, is never valid how much in the bulk where therefore to second of the drogaggio of the semiconductor ha n = Nd oppure p = Nto .

b)       Approximation of Depletion, previews that the concentration of free bearers is much inferior to the concentration of the ionizzate impurities, in sostanza n < < Nd oppure p < < Nto .

 

3) Splice PN to the thermal equilibrium:

When a p_doped is put to contact with a n_doped has an abrupt variation of the drogaggio in correspondence of the splice therefore has an electron flow from the region n to the region p and a gap flow in opposite back, therefore in the origin regions they remain of the Ionian ones which generate an electric field who opposes itself to the ulterior spread of loads. In order to analyze this situation the approximation is used nearly neutrality in the bulk and the approximation of Depletion in the region of loads spaces them mail to ridosso of the splice, in it therefore the equation of Poisson is reduced to , uses in order to find it the electric field. In n_doped the Nto= 0 therefore integrating it for 0 < x < xn that is in the region of loads spaces them of the n_doped has , analogous for the p_doped finds therefore having to be the continuous field in the origin otherwise could not admit upgrades them, finds the relation in short that extension as the semiconductor mainly drugged has one smaller extension of the region of depletion.

Integrating the field ulteriorly it is obtained in the n_doped upgrades them while in p_doped the where xn and xp are i it upgrades them to the ends of the region of Depletion and their difference corresponds to upgrades them of Built_In .

 

4) It upgrades them of Built-In for one splice p n:

this because in the case of a semiconductor much drug addict the level of Firm is much neighbor to one of the two bands.

 

5) polarized Splices PN inversely:

Applying to an inverse polarization that is of the generator on the region n the dimensions of the region of Depletion are increased, for it in fact have as also the electric field for which is had while the ability diminishes in how much goes away the armors, has that is the classic ability for small marks them.

Naturally since increasing the polarization inverse it increases to the electric field, some phenomenon must happen or breach that you limit the operation, in particular before the breach of the device the following effects can be introduced:

Effect Valanga the electric field applied accelerates a free bearer which it meets with an atom and of free a valence electron. To continuation of the collision 3 bearers have themselves, two electrons and a gap which come accelerates from the field newly giving place to you to others hits.

Effect Zener If the semiconductor is much drug addict verification the Zener effect before the effect Avalanche, in particular is had that being the region of it loads spaces them much small, the electric field so is elevated to break off of the covalenti ties and to create of the braces electron-gap.