What is the forbidden energy gap? How does it occur?

1143

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What is its magnitude for ge and si?

1219

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What types of carriers are present in space charge region?

1265

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Define what are the charge carriers in p-type and n-type semiconductors?

1068

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Why is schottky diode called hot-carrier diode?

1188

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Why is bleeder resistance employed in a filter circuit?

1281

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What are the applications of tunnel diodes?

1174

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How the current is reduced to zero in a photodiode?

1127

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Why half-wave rectifiers are generally not used in dc power supply?

1380

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Why temperature coefficient of resistance of a semiconductor is negative?

1082

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Define why iceo >> icbo?

1465

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What is static resistance of a diode?

1172

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Why iceo >> icbo?

1286

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How an ammeter can be changed to a voltmeter?

1244

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Define what happens to the series current , load current and zener current when the dc input voltage of a zener regulator increases?

1273

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