pn junction ex 2008
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PHYS208p-n junction
January 15, 2010
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List of topics
(1)
Density of states
Fermi-Dirac distribution
Law of mass action
Doped semiconductors
Dopinglevel
p-n-junctions
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1 Intrinsic semiconductors
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List of topics
Density of states
The number of conduction electrons is equal to the number of holes.
The density of states for the free electron in the conduction band is
gc(E) =V
2
2meh2
3/2(E Ec)
1/2. (2)
me is the electron effective mass.
Ec is the energy at the conduction band edge.
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For the free holes in the valence band, the density of states is
gv(E) =V
22m
h
h2
3/2
(Ev E)1/2. (3)
mh is the hole effective mass.
Ec is the energy at the valence band edge.
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In conduction band there are very few electrons. This means that
fe(E) =1
eE
kT + 1
> kT (7)
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The concentration of electrons in the conduction band is
ne =1
V
Ec
gc(E)f(E)dE = 2m
ekT
2h2
3/2
eEckT (8)
gc(E) =V
2
2meh2
3/2(E Ec)
1/2. (9)
Go to the chemical potential
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For holes in valence band
fh(E) = 1 fe(E) eEkT (10)
fh is the probability that a valence orbital is occupied.
gv(E) =V
2
2mh
h2
3/2(Ev E)
1/2. (11)
The concentration of holes in the valence band is
nh =1
V
Ev
gv(E)fh(E)dE = 2
mhkT
2h2
3/2eEvkT (12)
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List of topics
Law of mass action
Since the number of holes is the same as the number of electrons in an intrinsicsemiconductor
ne = nh = ni (13)
ne = 2
mekT
2h2
3/2
eEckT (14)
nh = 2
mhkT
2h2
3/2eEvkT (15)
ne(T)nh(T) = 4
kT
2h2
3(mem
h)3/2e
EgkT = n2i , (16)
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List of topics
ni(T) = 2 kT2h2
3/2
(mem
h)3/4e
Eg2kT (17)
ni is the intrinsic carrier density.
Eg = Ec Ev
Eg is the energy gap.
The result is independent of and it drops exponentially at the band gapincreases.
The expression (16) is the law of mass action.
Since ne(T) = ni(T), we obtain by equating (17) and (8)
= Ec 1
2Eg +
3
4kT ln
mhme
(18)
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Doped semiconductors
(19)
Impurity atoms with more valence electrons than the rest of the atoms in thecrystall are called Donors and it forms n-type semiconductors.
Impurity atoms with less valence electrons than the rest of the atoms in thecrystall are called Acceptors and it forms p-type semiconductors.
If the material to be doped is silicon (4 valence electrons), one can add phos-phorus (5 valence electrons) to get a n-type semiconductor and one can addboron (3 valence electrons) to get a p-type semiconductor.
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Si
+4
Si
+4
Si
+4
Si
+4
Si
+4
Si
+4
+4
Si
Si
+4 +5
P
CONDUCTION
(a)
ELECTRON
-q
Si
+3
B
+4
Si
+4
Si
+4
Si
+4
Si
HOLE
+4
Si
+4
Si
+4
Si
+4
+q
(b)
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Doping level
We want to show that the energy level for the extra electrons will be rightbelow the conduction band for a n-doped semiconductor.
As a model we use the Hydrogen Hamiltonian, where the electronic mass isreplaced by the corresponding effective mass.
H = h2
2me2
e2
4r0r(20)
r is the relative dielectric constant since we are not in vacuum.
We know that the energies in hydrogen are given by
En = me
2h2
e2
40
21
n2=
13.6
n2eV (21)
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me = Cme (22)
Then the energy of the groundstate (n = 1) in our model is
Emodel = me2h2
e2
40r
2=
me
2h2
e2
40
2 C2r
= EhydrogenC
2r(23)
Example
For phosphorus doping of silicon r = 11.7 and m
e 0.2me
The binding energy in our model is then
E 0.02 eV (24)
The energy of the doping states are
Ed
= Ec
+ E (25)
Since E < 0 the states are right below the edge of the conduction band.
If we look at the holes in the same way as the electrons it can be shown thatthe energy level for the extra holes will be right above the edge of the valenceband.
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n-doped
p-doped
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Ev
Ec
f( , ,T)
k T 1+e
1
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Ev
Ec
f( , ,T)
k T 1+e
1
Ev
Ec
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Ev
Ec
f( , ,T)
k T 1+e
1
Ec
Ev
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Ev
Ec
f( , ,T)f( , ,T)1f( , ,T)
k T 1+e
1
f( , ,T)
Ec
Ev
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2 p-n junctions(26)
In the p-doped and the n-doped materials the fermi levels will be at differentenergies.
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From thermodynamics we know that the fermi levels must be the same if theyare joined together.
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When p-doped and n-doped materials are joined together, there is an inbalancebetween electrons and holes on each side.
Electrons and holes diffuse diffustion current.
Positive charge on n-side and negative on p-side potential driftcurrent.
At equilibrium 0 = jdrift +jdiff
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The diffusion current is given by Ficks law,
J = Dn (27)
where D is the diffusion constant and n is the density of carriers. Regardingthe electrons we find that the charge current caused by diffusion is
jdiff = eJ = eDn (28)
The current caused by the electric field
jdrift = E = enmobE, (29)
where again n is the carrier density and mob is the mobility. At equilibrium
0 = jdrift +jdiff = en(r)mobE + eDn(r) (30)
Assuming that there only is change in the x-direction, the equation becomes
n(x)mobEx(x) = D
dn(x)
dx , (31)which gives us the electrical field in terms of the electron distribution:
E(x) = D
mob
1
n
dn
dx. (32)
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Interface between the n-doped andthe p-doped semiconductor is very
depleted of charge carriers.
The resistance there will be muchlarger than in the rest of the semicon-ductor.
Practically all of the potential fallwill be in this region. Thus
Vc = () () =
Exdx
=D
mob
n()n()
1
n(x)
dn
dxdx =
D
mob
n()n()
dn
n=
D
mobln
n()
n().
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n(x) eeExx/kBT. (35)
n(x) emobE
xx/D
. (36)
Since these two exponentials must be the same to ensure consistency, we findthat
D
mob=
kBT
e, (37)
which is the Einstein-Nernst equation. Upon substitution
Vc =kBT
eln
NDNAn2i (T)
. (38)
Example
Si crystal: NA = ND = 1016
cm3
.kTe 0.025 V. For Si when T = 300 K, ni 10
10 cm3.
ThenVc = 0.72 V (39)
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Assume (x) has a constant value in a region of thickness dp and anotherconstant value in a region of thickness dn.
Everywhere else we assume (x) = 0.
Assume all electrons from the region dn fill all the holes in the region dp.
NAdp = NDdn.
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From Poissons equation we know that dEx/dx = 4(x). Thus fordp < x < 0
Ex(x) = 4eNA(dp + x), (40)
and for 0 < x < dn Ex(x) = 4eND(dn x). (41)
Outside the depletion zone we assume there is no electric field.
S E d /d h b l d b
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Since Ex = d/dx this can be realised by
(x) =
0 x < dp2eNA(dp + x)
2 dp < x < 0
Vc 2eND(dn x)2 0 < x < dnVc x > dn
(42)
C i i 0 i
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Continuity at x = 0 gives
2eNAd2p = Vc 2eNDd
2n.
Defining d = dp + dn, and using dnND = dpNA we can write
dn =NA
NA + NDd, dp =
NDNA + ND
d.
Inserting this for dn and dp we find
Vc = 2e
NAN
2D + NDN
2A
(NA + ND)2
d2 = 2ed2
NANDNA + ND
,
or solving for d,
d = Vc2e
NA + ND
NAND. (43)
It i diffi lt t i fl th d ift t i th l t i fi ld i
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It is very difficult to influence the drift current since the electric field is verylarge at the junction.
It is possible to change the diffusion current by changing the density of electrons
and holes.At Vexternal = 0 the current over the p-n junction is
j = jdiffjdrift = j0 j0 = 0.
IfVexternal = 0 jdrift will not be much changed, but in the diffution current there
will be an extra Boltzmann factor eeV/kBT. Thus the current with an externalfield is
j = (eeV/kBT 1)j0. (44)
At V > 0 there is a current growing exponentially as we increase V, and atlarge negative values of V we are left with only the drift current which is very
small.
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