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Electronic Devices

Tutorial -1

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus


Question – 1
The surface of a silicon wafer is a (100) plane
a. Sketch the placement of silicon atoms on the surface of the wafer
b. Determine the number of atoms per cm2 at the surface of the wafer
c. Repeat a and b with surface being (110) plane

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus


Question – 2
As pictured in the figure below, [011] is the direction in the surface plane normal
to the major flat when the surface of the Si wafer is a (100) plane. To construct a
particular device structure, a parallel set of grooves must be etched in the (100)
surface plane along the [010] direction. Make a sketch indicating how the grooves
are to be oriented on the wafer’s surface. Explain how you arrived at your sketch.

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus


Question 3

A sample of Cr is analyzed by x-ray diffraction using Cu 𝐾𝛼 -radiation, for which 𝜆𝐾𝛼 =


1.5418 Å. Determine the miller indices of the plane from which the angle of
reflection, 𝜃, is 31.4°. The lattice constant of Cr is 2.96Å.

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus


Question 4

A 5-kg silicon ingot is doped with 1016 cm-3 phosphorus atoms. What is the total
mass of phosphorus in this ingot? The atomic masses of silicon and phosphorus
are 28.09 g/mol and 31.02 g/mol, respectively. Lattice constant of Si is 0.543 nm.

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Question 6
(a) A material is composed of two types of atoms. Atom A has an effective radius of 2.2
Å and atom B has an effective radius of 1.8 Å. The lattice is a bcc with atoms A at the
corners and atom B in the center. Determine the lattice constant and the volume
densities of A atoms and B atoms. (b) Repeat part (a) with atoms B at the corners and
atom A in the center. (c) What comparison can be made of the materials in parts (a)
and (b)?

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Question -7
A crystalline lattice is characterized by the cubic unit cell pictured in Fig. below. The cell has a
single atom positioned at the center of the cube.
a) What is the name of the lattice generated by the given unit cell?
b) Determine the number of atoms per unit volume in the crystal (Your answer should be in
terms of the lattice constant, 𝑎
c) Suppose the crystal has a (110) surface plane. Determine the number of atoms per unit
area whose centers lie on the (110) plane.
d) A direction vector is drawn through the center of the atom in the unit cell. Specify the
miller indices of the direction vector.

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