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... carrier densities at any temperature . A general analysis is rather complicated , and we consider here only a particularly simple and important case : Suppose that Ed - μ > kgT , - μ Ɛa >> KBT . ( 28.36 ) Since & and & are close to the ...
... carrier densities at any temperature . A general analysis is rather complicated , and we consider here only a particularly simple and important case : Suppose that Ed - μ > kgT , - μ Ɛa >> KBT . ( 28.36 ) Since & and & are close to the ...
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... carrier density is constant . In that case the minority carrier drift current can be ignored compared with the minority carrier diffusion current , and Eqs . ( 29.27 ) and ( 29.35 ) reduce to a single equation for the minority carrier ...
... carrier density is constant . In that case the minority carrier drift current can be ignored compared with the minority carrier diffusion current , and Eqs . ( 29.27 ) and ( 29.35 ) reduce to a single equation for the minority carrier ...
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... carrier densities across the depletion layer by using the equilibrium expression ( 29.3 ) for the variation of the carrier densities . in a potential ( x ) . We have noted above that this expression follows from the fact that in ...
... carrier densities across the depletion layer by using the equilibrium expression ( 29.3 ) for the variation of the carrier densities . in a potential ( x ) . We have noted above that this expression follows from the fact that in ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
The Sommerfeld Theory of Metals | 29 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
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