IEEE’s Hands on Practical Electronics (HOPE) Lesson 6: PN Junctions, Diodes, Solar Cells.

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IEEE’s Hands on Practical Electronics (HOPE) Lesson 6: PN Junctions, Diodes, Solar Cells

Last Week Silicon (Si) – Semiconductor Breadboards – Convenient tools to build circuits quickly

This Week PN Junctions –Review of P- and N-type –What they are –How they are used Diodes –LEDs Solar Cells

Review: Doping Remember from last week: P-type silicon –Heavily doped with elements like boron –Lots of holes (positive charge carriers) N-type silicon –Heavily doped with elements like arsenic or phosphorous –Lots of electrons (negative charge carriers)

PN Junctions The combination of P-type and N-type semiconductors together in very close contact is a PN Junction. This can be created by doping one side of silicon p- type and one side n-type. Note: You cannot just put a p-type and n-type next to each other and call it a PN junction, they must be connected atomically.

PN Junctions A PN Junction is also called a diode.

Diode Usage Diodes are used to –prevent current from flowing in the wrong direction –prevent too much current from flowing in a direction –indicate if there is current flowing (LEDs) There are many other types of diodes used for specific purposes, for example gold doped diodes and diodes designed to work in reverse breakdown –See:

PN Junctions P-type has more positive charges (holes) and n-type has more negative charges (electrons). They diffuse and reach equilibrium. (Remember basic chemistry.) –Things move from higher concentrations to lower concentrations.

Depletion Region Free electrons flow from the N side (which has an excess of electrons) to the P side (which has a lack of electrons, or an excess of holes). At equilibrium, a “depletion region” exists in between the p-type and n-type areas. That area is depleted of charge carriers so cannot conduct current.

LEDs LEDs are diodes which emit light when there is current flowing through it. By forward biasing a LED it lights up, no biasing or reverse biasing leave the LED off.

Diode Biasing Reverse: –Connect the P-side to the - terminal and the N-side to the + terminal. –This causes electrons and holes to move away from the junction, and less current flows through the diode. Zero (equilibrium): –No battery is connected. –The electrons and holes don’t flow in a particular direction, so no current flows through the diode. Forward: –Connect the P-side to the + terminal and the N-side to the - terminal. –This causes electrons and holes to move toward the junction, and more current flows through the diode.

LEDs LED = Light Emitting Diode Diodes that light up when current flows through it LEDs only allow current to go through it in one direction Current Flows By forward biasing an LED, it lights up. No biasing or reverse biasing leaves the LED off.

Forward Biasing Have you biased diodes in other lessons? –Remember week 1?

Forward Biasing How does forward biasing keep an LED on? –It never reaches equilibrium, by forcing electrons in through the n side and letting them leave the p side.

Reverse Biasing Reverse biasing a diode is done by inserting the + end of the battery closer to n side of diode (LED is off) The depletion region grows when you reverse bias the LED, and no current flows The depletion region is charge neutral and this non conductive

LEDs LED = Light Emitting Diode How they work: –The electrons moving through the diode either cause heat, or light. Engineers design specific diodes to emit more light, hence the name light emitting diode (LED)

LEDs are colorful FROM WIKIPEDIA: Conventional LEDs are made from a variety of inorganic semiconductor materials, producing the following colors: Aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) - red and infraredinfrared Aluminum gallium phosphide (AlGaP) – green Aluminum gallium indium phosphide (AlGaInP) - high-brightness orange-red, orange, yellow, and green Gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) - red, orange-red, orange, and yelloworangeyellow Gallium phosphide (GaP) - red, yellow and green Gallium nitride (GaN) - green, pure green (or emerald green), and blue also white (if it has an AlGaN Quantum Barrier)blue Indium gallium nitride (InGaN) - near ultraviolet, bluish-green and blue Silicon carbide (SiC) as substrate — blue Silicon (Si) as substrate — blue (under development) Sapphire (Al 2 O 3 ) as substrate — blue Zinc selenide (ZnSe) - blue Diamond (C) - ultraviolet Aluminum Nitride (AlN), aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) - near to far ultraviolet (down to 210 nm)

LED Usage Will be discussed further in a future lecture Used to generate light (hence the light emitting part) –More efficient than incandescent bulbs! –Difficult to break by dropping. (try that with a light bulb) Used anywhere where they need to generate light –Bike lights –Car brake lights

LED Usage LEDs have many other advantages: –An LED’s emitted light can be directed; no parabolic mirrors are necessary to focus light –Their color does not change while dimming –Last about 3x-30x longer than fluorescent bulbs –LEDs achieve full brightness in microseconds –LED’s can be printed on a circuit board –LED’s don’t have Mercury! (some fluorescent lamps do) –Some of you probably have an LED on your key-chain

Solar Cells If we use current to emit light, can we use the reverse process? (use light to create current?) –Yes. We use solar cells for this purpose. Solar cells use light and generate current.

Solar Cell Also derived from a PN junction

Solar Cells The atoms in a PN junction in equilibrium are usually at rest But when struck by a photon, an electron / hole pair is freed

Solar Cells The free electron and hole created by the photon are now free to travel though the circuit. This only works in a semiconductor as the electrons are not held too tightly.

Usage Solar Cells are used to generate electricity – CalSol is a Berkeley’s solar car racing team –