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Semiconductors

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By adding impurities to the intrinsic semiconductor material, which of its electrical characteristic can be controlled?

  1. Conductivity

  2. Resistance

  3. Power

  4. Amplifier

  5. Transistor


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The conductivity (or specific conductance) of an electrolyte solution is a measure of its ability to conduct electricity.

To which category does doping material belong?

  1. n-type semiconductor

  2. extrinsic semiconductor material

  3. pentavalent material

  4. p-type semiconductor

  5. majority carriers


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This material has elements whose atoms have five valence electrons. It is used in doping intrinsic silicon or germanium to produce n-type semiconductor material. Most commonly used pentavalent materials are arsenic and phosphorus.

Coal ash is used to manufacture which material in a semiconductor?

  1. Germanium

  2. Tin

  3. Helium

  4. Silicon

  5. Carbon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Germanium is a chemical element with symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group, which is chemically similar to its group neighbours, tin and silicon.

Which of the following conditions should be possessed by an atom for the electron pair bonding to occur?

  1. Lack of electrons

  2. Dipolar bond

  3. Lack of holes

  4. Sharing electrons

  5. Lack of photons


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sharing electrons allows each atom to attain the equivalent of a full outer shell corresponding to a stable electronic configuration.

The gap that is formed when an electron jumps from the valence shell to the conduction band is called as _________.

  1. energy gap

  2. hole

  3. electron

  4. electron-hole pair

  5. recombination


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A Hole is an electric charge carrier with a positive charge, equal in magnitude but opposite in polarity to the charge on the electron.

Which of the following can be sensed by a semiconductor?

  1. Conductivity

  2. Resistance

  3. Power

  4. Magnetism

  5. Biasing


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Magnetism is a class of physical phenomena that includes forces exerted by magnets on other magnets. It has its origin in electric currents and the fundamental magnetic moments of elementary particles.

Which of the following materials will also be considered as a semiconductor element?

  1. Carbon

  2. Tin

  3. Mica

  4. Argon

  5. Ceramic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Carbon (from Latin: carbo coal) is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is non-metallic and tetravalent making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds.

For several times, the activation of minority carriers can be done by _________.

  1. power

  2. pressure

  3. dopants

  4. forward bias

  5. heat


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Heat is defined as the energy transferred from one body to another by thermal interactions. The transfer of energy can occur in a variety of way, among them through conduction, radiation and convection.

Most commonly used pentavalent material in a semiconductor is ________.

  1. neon

  2. carbon

  3. boron

  4. gallium

  5. arsenic


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Arsenic is a chemical element with symbol As and atomic number 33. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in conjunction with sulhur and metals, and also as a pure elemental crystal.

Majority carriers in a n-type material is/are __________.

  1. holes

  2. dopants

  3. power

  4. electrons

  5. forward bias


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An electron has no known components or sub-structure. It is generally thought to be an elementary particle.  An electron has a mass, which is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton.

A combination of silicon atoms in an orderly pattern results in the formation of a ___________.

  1. covalent bond

  2. crystal

  3. semiconductor

  4. valence electron

  5. metallic bond


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules or ions are arranged in an ordered pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.

Ionisation within a P-N junction forms a layer on each side of __________________ barrier.

  1. electrical junction

  2. depletion region

  3. barrier voltage

  4. forward voltage

  5. reverse voltage


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Depletion region is an insulating region within a conductive, which is doped semiconductor material where the mobile charge carriers have diffused away, or have been forced away by an electric field.

Elements that contain 1, 2 or 3 valence electrons usually make excellent _________.

  1. insulators

  2. dopants

  3. semiconductors

  4. conductors

  5. transistors


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A conductor is an object or type of material, which permits the flow of electric charges in one or more directions.

Which of the following was the significant development in electronics since World War II?

  1. Television

  2. Diode

  3. Transistor

  4. TRIAC

  5. Resistor


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and electrical power.

What are responsible for the depletion region?

  1. Doping

  2. Ions

  3. Electrons

  4. Diffusion

  5. Barrier potential


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Diffusion is one of several transport phenomena that occur in nature. A distinguishing feature of diffusion is that it results in mixing or mass transport without requiring bulk motion.

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