Teacher Settani Gabriele Montinaro & Giulio Micieli CLIL ELETTRONICA SEMICONDUCTOR
INTRODUCTION Some materials conduct eletric charge better than insulators but not as well as conductors. These materials are called SEMICONDUCTORS
3 POINTS: STRUCTURE CONDUCTIVITY DOPING SEMICONDUCTORS 3 POINTS: STRUCTURE CONDUCTIVITY DOPING
STRUCTURE OF THE SEMICONDUCTORS An intrinsic semiconductor is a sufficiently pure semiconductor The most used semiconductors is silicium
SILICIUM
The silicium has like symbol Si
In atoms of the semiconductors (germanium, silicon) the valence electrons is not free to move through the volume of the material, but they form a covalent bond that alloy with of atoms of the semiconductor in a crystalline structure.
electric charge while hole are For effect of the breach of the covalent bond in the semiconductor two types of charge carriers are originated. Free electron are negative electric charge while hole are positive electric charge
CONDUCTIVITY OF THE SEMICONDUCTORS In semiconductors there are two types of current. The first type of current is the classic electric current drift current, the second one happens for the phenomenon of the spread electrical worker.
There are two types of doping: P-TYPE N-TYPE
It is possible to add very small amounts of certain impurities such as arsenic or phosphorus which have more electrons per atom than silicon. In this way extra free electrons are produced that can move and form an electric current.
These semiconductors are known as N-TYPE semiconductors becuase of the negative charge of the electrons
Another type of semiconductors is formed by adding small quantities of other impurities such as aluminium or gallium which have fewer electrons per atom than silicon
These semiconductors are called P-TYPE These impurities take electrons away from a few atoms of the semiconductors, increasing the number of holes. These semiconductors are called P-TYPE Referring to the positive charge associated with the holes.
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