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termed p-type because positively charged particles are primarily responsible for electrical conduction. Of course, holes are the majority carriers, and electrons are present in minority concentrations. This gives rise to a predominance of the second term on the right-hand side of Equation 12.13, or
� � p�e��h | (12.17) |
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12.12 THE TEMPERATURE VARIATION OF CONDUCTIVITY AND CARRIER CONCENTRATION
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ln � � C �Eg 2kT | (12.18) |
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where C represents a temperature-independent constant and Eg and k are the band gap energy and Boltzmann’s constant, respectively. Since the increase of n and p with rising temperature is so much greater than the decrease in �e and �h, the dependence of carrier concentration on temperature for intrinsic behavior is virtu-ally the same as for the conductivity, or
ln n � ln p � C� �Eg 2kT | (12.19) |
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