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Week 3 - Semiconductor Devices: Part 1: Background Questions

This document provides information about semiconductor devices and includes definitions of key terms like n-type and p-type materials, diodes, and bias voltages. It then describes experiments with simple circuits involving diodes and LEDs to observe voltage drops and calculate current. Integrated circuits like NOR, NAND, and XOR gates are also identified and their pinouts labeled.

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Week 3 - Semiconductor Devices: Part 1: Background Questions

This document provides information about semiconductor devices and includes definitions of key terms like n-type and p-type materials, diodes, and bias voltages. It then describes experiments with simple circuits involving diodes and LEDs to observe voltage drops and calculate current. Integrated circuits like NOR, NAND, and XOR gates are also identified and their pinouts labeled.

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Week 3 – Semiconductor Devices

Part 1: Background Questions


Define the following terms in complete sentences:

1. N-Type Material
A material found in semiconductors that has been doped with a pentavalent material.

2. P-Type Material
A material found in semiconductors that has been doped with a trivalent material.

3. Diode
A device that allows only on direction of current.

4. Barrier Voltage
When a p-type and n-type material is joined it creates voltage at the junction called barrier voltage.

5. Bias Voltage
When a p-type and n-type junction form, it;s the voltage SURROUNDING the junction

6. Forward Bias
A foward bias means that a semiconductor component causes current to flow ina circuit
7. Reverse Bias
A device that inhibits the flow of current across a PN junction.

Answer the following:

1. Describe the process for doping N-Type material.


When doping the material, the material's valence electrons are shared with the semiconductor materials, creating a hole.
That hole allows electrons to move from one bond to the next quite easily.
2. What makes P-Type material different from N-Type material?
In a p-type material, there is an abundance of positivly charged carries, but the opposite for n-type, as the have an excess of
negative charged carriers.
3. Draw the schematic symbol for a PN-junction diode and label all parts.

Anode Cathode

4. Draw a diode with a battery and resistor connected in forward bias.

5. Draw a diode with a battery and resistor connected in reverse bias.


Part 2: A Simple PN Junction Diode Circuit
1.) Build the DC circuit shown here and answer the questions below:

1. What is the voltage drop measured across the diode? 0.55 V 5V

2. What is the voltage drop measured across the resistor? 4.54 V


1N4001
3. Use Ohm’s Law to calculate the current through the resistor. (the gray and black
I=V/R 0.00055 Amps one in your kit!)
I= 4.54 V / 8200 Ohms
I= 0.00055 A
Reverse the polarity of the diode. (Remove power to the circuit before removing and replacing the
diode.) With this new configuration, answer the following again:

4. What is the voltage drop measured across the diode? 5.09 V

5. What is the voltage drop measured across the resistor? 0.1 mV

6. Use Ohm’s Law to calculate the current through the resistor. Is this value expected?
I=V/R Yes
I= 0.02 V / 8200 Ohms
I= 0.000002 A

2.) Add an LED to the circuit (as shown here) and answer the questions below:

1. What is the voltage drop measured across the diode? 0.52 V

1N4001
2. What is the voltage drop measured across the LED? 2.25 V 5V

3. What is the voltage drop measured across the resistor? 2.29 V


Green LED

4. Use Ohm’s Law to calculate the current through the resistor.

Reverse the polarity of the diode. (Remove power to the circuit before removing and replacing the
diode.) With this new configuration, answer the following again:

1. What is the voltage drop measured across the diode? 3.31 V

2. What is the voltage drop measured across the LED? 0.02 V

3. What is the voltage drop measured across the resistor? 0V

4. Use Ohm’s Law to calculate the current through the resistor. 0 Amps
Part 3: Integrated Circuit (IC) Identification
Build the DC circuit shown here and answer the questions below:

Fill in the table below for the requested IC’s. Look up the identification numbers and record the
function of the IC (i.e., quad AND gate, etc.).

Identification Number IC Family Type IC Function


1 CD4070BE CMOS QUAD EXCLUSIVE-OR GATE
2 CD4011BE CMOS QUAD 2 INPUT NAND GATE
3 CD4001BE CMOS QUAD 2 INPUT NOR GATE
4 CD4081BD CMOS TRIPLE 3 INPUT AND GATES
5 CD4070BE CMOS QUAD EXCLUSIVE-OR GATE

For the two gates shown below, label the IC’s pins in the figures.
NOR Gate

Figure 1: CD4001BE

OR GATE

Figure 2: CD4070BE

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