In "n" type material, majority carriers would be:

More Questions from Semiconductor Principles

• When is a P-N junction formed?
• Intrinsic semiconductor material is characterized by a valence shell of how many electrons?
• A P-N junction mimics a closed switch when it:
• What electrical characteristic of intrinsic semiconductor material is controlled by the addition of impurities?
• What can a semiconductor sense?
• How many valence electrons are in every semiconductor material?
• Elements with 1, 2, or 3 valence electrons usually make excellent:
• When and who discovered that more than one transistor could be constructed on a single piece of semiconductor material:
• Solid state devices were first manufactured during:
• What causes the depletion region?

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