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Semiconductor & PN Junction Flashcards

1
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The best electrical conductors are…….

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silver, copper and aluminum

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The atom of a material used as a conductor generally contain _______.

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1 or 2 valence electron

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Solid-state devices, such as diodes and transistors, are often called

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Semiconductor

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3
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The word _________ refers to the type of material used to make solid-state devices.

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Semiconductor

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4
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An atom that has only one valence electron makes the best conductor because the electron is held loosely in orbit and is easily given up for current flow. True or False

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True

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5
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How many valence electron does insulator have?

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7 to 8 valence electron

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6
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How many valence electron shall be consider semiconductor?

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4 valence electron

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7
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What are the most common semiconductors materials used in the electronics field?

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  1. Germanium
  2. Silicon
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When molecules arrange themselves into a crystal structure with a definite pattern. This pattern is called _______.

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Lattice structure

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9
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When pure semiconductor material is mixed with an impurity that has only three valence electrons, such as indium or gallium, _________

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the lattice structure changes, leaving a hole in the material

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10
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A semi-conductor material with a net positive charge are known as a ___________.

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P-type material

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11
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A semi-conductor material with a net negative charge are known as a ___________.

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N-type material

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12
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How is a P-type material made?

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When pure semiconductor material is mixed with an impurity that has only three valence electrons, the lattice structure changes, leaving a hole in the material. The hole, which has taken place of an electron, has a positive charge

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How is a N-type material made?

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When a semiconductor material is mixed with an impurity that has five valence electron, the lattice structure has an excess of electrons meaning that the material has a net negative charge. t

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14
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Which type of semiconductor material can withstand the greatest amount of heat?

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Silicon is used more often because of its ability to withstand heat.

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15
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how the PN junction (diode) produced?

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A PN junction is produced by joining p-type and n-type semiconductor materials.

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16
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Solid-state devices are made by______________ materials

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combination P-type and N-type

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17
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How does diode operates in circuit?

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18
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What is doping

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19
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An outer orbits of the atoms of material are filled or almost filled with valence are known as _______.

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Insulator

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20
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What is Semiconductor?

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elements have exactly four valence electrons and are therefore considered neither good conductors nor good insulators.

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21
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Why silicon use more often?

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Its ability to withstand heat.

22
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The two common semi conductor are:

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  1. Germanium
  2. Silicon
23
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Germanium diodes have a lower forward voltage drop about _______.

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0.3 volt

24
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What is covalent bonding?

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Atoms share electrons to fill their valence shells. Each shared pair of electrons constitutes a covalent bond

25
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The atoms of purified semiconductor materials arrange themselves into a unique pattern known as a

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Crystal-lattice structure

26
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The atoms of the impurity are injected into the crystal through a process know as

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Doping

27
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An N-type semiconductor is formed when an impurity having five valence electrons is introduced into the pure semiconductor crystal. This impurity is said to be______

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Pentavalent

28
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when a semiconductor material is mixed with an impurity that has five valence electrons, such as arsenic or antimony, the lattice structure has an ______

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Excess of electron. meaning that the material has a net negative charge which is N-Type

29
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All solid-state devices are made from combination of _

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P and N-type material

30
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How do you determine type of devices?

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The number of layer of material and the thickness of each layer

31
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Diode is often called a __________ because it is made by joining a piece of P-type material and a piece of N-type material

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PN junction

32
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what device is made by join three layers of semiconductor materials

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Transistor

33
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What is a rectifier?

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A rectifier is a device that changes, or converts, AC voltage into DC voltage.

34
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A positive voltage connected to anode is known as which bias?

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Forward bias

35
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What are the two types of rectifier are:

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Half-wave and Full-wave

36
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How many diodes are required to construct the bridge rectifier?

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4 diodes

37
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An P-type semiconductor is formed when an impurity having three valence electrons is introduced into the pure semiconductor crystal. This impurity is said to be______

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Trivalent

38
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Semiconductor are not easily destroyed by heat? True or False?

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False, semiconductor is easily destroyed by heat

39
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It is VERY IMPORTANT to operate semiconductors within their

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Voltage, current and temperature limits

40
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If the ohm meter indicate very low resistance, the diode is_________.

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forward bias

41
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If the ohm meter indicate very high resistance, the diode is_________.

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reversed bias

42
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when using a multi-meter on the diode checker, what value does the meter read if the diode is good?

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600mV

43
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The half-wave rectifier can be constructed using only_________.

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one diode

44
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As the temperature increases, the resistance _________. So the conductivity ____________.

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Decrease, increase

45
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What is the purpose of have heat sink?

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To improve the dissipation of heat because of internal R losses in semiconductor devices such as diodes and transistors

46
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The voltage drops for germanium is _________.

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0.3 V

47
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The P-type material gains some electrons (negative charge), and the N-type material loses some electrons (positive charge). Therefore, a small __________________ is formed at the junction.

A

Barrier Potential

48
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What element is mixed with impurity that has only three valence electrons.

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Indium or gallium

49
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What element is mixed with impurity that has only five valence electrons.

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arsenic or antimony

50
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A diode is NOT made by joining piece of P-type material and a piece of N-type material together. True or false?

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False.

51
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What is a term “avalanche”

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52
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52
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3 significant rating for rectifier diodes are

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  1. forward current voltage
    2.

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