diff --git a/src/14_doping_and_devices.md b/src/14_doping_and_devices.md index 7772e017fda9442ebb09947224478883ce54abe9..8f9b54eaa876929f898fd1a21568d93310d8410d 100644 --- a/src/14_doping_and_devices.md +++ b/src/14_doping_and_devices.md @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Additional information can be obtained using Hall effect. However Hall effect is ### Light absorption -See [previous lecture](.md#light-adsorption) +See [previous lecture](12_band_structures_in_higher_dimensions.md#light-adsorption) ## Combining semiconductors: $pn$-junction @@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ Density of states in a doped semiconductor: fig ``` -Charge balance determins the number of electrons and holes as well as the position of the Fermi level. +Charge balance determines the number of electrons and holes as well as the position of the Fermi level. -If dopant concentrations are low, then $n_e = n_h = n_i \equiv \sqrt{N_C N_V}e^{-E_G/2kT}$. +If dopant concentration is low, then $n_e = n_h = n_i \equiv \sqrt{N_C N_V}e^{-E_G/2kT}$. -If dopant concentrations are high, then in $n$-doped semiconductor $n_e = N_D - N_A$ and $n_h = n_i^2/n_e$ (or vice versa). +If dopant concentration is high, then in $n$-doped semiconductor $n_e = N_D - N_A$ and $n_h = n_i^2/n_e$ (or vice versa in $p$-doped one). Temperature switches between intrinsic and extrinsic regimes, and controls the carrier density @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ For that we consider a doped semiconductor in the extrinsic regime. ### Exercise 3: Performance of a diode -Consider a pn-junction diode as follows +Consider a pn-junction diode as follows <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/PN_diode_with_electrical_symbol.svg/800px-PN_diode_with_electrical_symbol.svg.png" width="50%" alt="pn diode"></img>