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Phys 312 - Assignment 5 - Due 19 Feb 98

1. (3 points)

Explain why a transient current flows when you touch a piece of n-type semiconductor to a piece of p-type semiconductor. What is the direction of current flow? What stops the current after a while? Similar questions are in Bloomfield , page 439.

2. (8 points)

Melissinos , exercise 1.1.

3. (8 points)

Melissinos , exercise 1.3. Note that part (a) is closely related to part (c) of exercise 1.1.

4. (6 points)

Melissinos , exercise 1.4. Accurate plots are expected, (a) for E between 1 and 2 eV and (b) for E between 0.8 and 1.2 eV.



 

Vittorio Celli
2/11/1998