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This document outlines an assignment on semiconductor physics that is due on February 22, 2017. It includes 17 review and numerical questions covering topics like the Kronig-Penney model, effective mass, bandgap structures, density of states functions, and Fermi-Dirac distribution. It also includes questions calculating effective masses, probability of state occupancy, and number/density of quantum states for different semiconductors.

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Very Good Assignment On Quantum Physics

This document outlines an assignment on semiconductor physics that is due on February 22, 2017. It includes 17 review and numerical questions covering topics like the Kronig-Penney model, effective mass, bandgap structures, density of states functions, and Fermi-Dirac distribution. It also includes questions calculating effective masses, probability of state occupancy, and number/density of quantum states for different semiconductors.

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IVth ASSIGNMENT

Subject: Physics-II (Semiconductor Physics)


Due date: 22/02/2017

Date: Roll No. Name

Review Questions
1. What is the KronigPenney model? What does it represent?
2. What is effective mass? How is effective mass defined in terms of the E versus k diagram?
3. What is a direct bandgap semiconductor? What is an indirect band gap semiconductor?
4. What was the mathematical model used in deriving the density of states function?
5. In general, what is the relation between density of states and energy?
6. What is the meaning of the FermiDirac probability function?
7. What is the Fermi energy?
Numerical based questions
8. Two possible conduction bands are shown in the E versus k diagram given in Figure 1 and 2. State
which band will result in the heavier electron effective mass; state why.

9. Figure 3.shows the parabolic E versus k relationship in the valence band for a hole in two
particular semiconductor materials. Determine the effective mass (in units of the free electron
mass) of the two holes.

10. Assume that the Fermi energy level for a particular material is 6.25 eV and that the electrons in
this material follow the FermiDirac distribution function. Calculate the temperature at which
there is a 1 percent probability that a state 0.30 eV below the Fermi energy level will not contain
an electron.
11. Let T =300 K. Determine the probability that an energy level 3 kT above the Fermi energy is
occupied by an electron.
12. Determine the number (#/cm3) of quantum states in silicon between Ec and Ec -kT at T = 300 K.
13. Determine the total number of energy states in the GaAs between Ec and Ec+kT at T=300 K. For
GaAs,  = 0.067 ,  = 0.48 .

14. Calculate the density of states per unit volume over a particular energy range between 0 and 1 eV.

15. The lattice constant of a simple cubic lattice is a. Sketch the following planes: (i) (110), (ii) (111),
 00) and (vi) (1 11).
(iii) (220), (iv) (321), (v) (1

16. The lattice constant of a simple cubic lattice is a. Sketch the following directions: (i) [110], (ii)
[111], (iii) [220], and (iv) [321]

17. Determine the surface density of atoms for silicon on the (a) (100) plane, (b) (110) plane, and (c)
(111) plane.

18. Write the miller indices for following plane.

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