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Semi conductor devices practice · Medium
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Choose the only false statement from the following:
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Correct option: D
The resistivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature
Option D (The resistivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature) is the false statement because the resistivity of a semiconductor decreases with increasing temperature due to increased carrier concentration.
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Which of the following is an amorphous substance?
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Correct option: D
Glass
Option D (Glass) is correct because glass lacks long-range order in its atomic structure, making it an amorphous substance.
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In a -type semi-conductor, germanium is dopped with
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Correct option: D
All of these
Option D (All of these) is correct because Gallium, Boron, and Aluminum are all trivalent elements, which are used as dopants in P-type semiconductors.
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In a common-base mode of a transistor, the collector current is 5.488 mA for an emitter current of 5.60 mA. The value of the base current amplification factor () will be
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Correct option: A
49
Option A (49) is correct because the base current amplification factor is calculated using the formula .
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Assertion : Depletion Region of Zener diode is small.
Reason : P-N junction are highly dopped. In Zener diode.
Reason : P-N junction are highly dopped. In Zener diode.
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Correct option: A
If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion
Option A is correct because in a Zener diode, the depletion region is small due to heavy doping of the P-N junction.
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When a junction diode is connected in forward bias its barrier potential
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Correct option: B
Decreases and more current flows in the circuit
Option B (Decreases and more current flows in the circuit) is correct because forward bias reduces the barrier potential, allowing more charge carriers to flow.
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The resistivity of a semiconductor at room temperature is in between
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because semiconductors have resistivity values between those of conductors and insulators.
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The relation between the energy of fermi level, height of potential barrier and work function is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the potential barrier energy is the sum of the work function and the Fermi energy.
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In a transistor in common-emitter configuration, the ratio of power gain to voltage gain is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the ratio of power gain to voltage gain in a common-emitter configuration is equal to the current gain, which is represented by .
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The charge on a hole is equal to the charge of
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Correct option: B
Proton
Option B (Proton) is correct because a hole represents the absence of an electron, effectively creating a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of a proton.
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In -type semiconductors, majority charge carriers are
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Correct option: D
Electrons
Option D (Electrons) is correct because N-type semiconductors are doped with elements that contribute extra electrons.
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The drift current in a p-n junction is
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Correct option: A
From the n-side to the p-side
Option A (From the n-side to the p-side) is correct because the electric field in the depletion region drifts electrons from n to p.
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The coordination number of is
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Correct option: D
12
Option D (12) is correct because Copper (Cu) has a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure, and in an fcc structure, each atom is surrounded by 12 nearest neighbors, giving it a coordination number of 12.
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Statement-I: A junction with reverse bias can be used as a photo-diode to measure light intensity.
Statement-II: In a reverse bias condition the current is small but it is more sensitive to change in incident light intensity.
Statement-II: In a reverse bias condition the current is small but it is more sensitive to change in incident light intensity.
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Correct option: A
If both statements are correct.
Option A (If both statements are correct) is correct because a reverse-biased p-n junction is sensitive to changes in light intensity and can be used as a photodiode.
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The positive feedback is required by an amplifier to act an oscillator. The feedback here means:
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Correct option: B
A portion of the output power is returned back to the input
Option B (A portion of the output power is returned back to the input) is correct because positive feedback in an amplifier, which is necessary for it to act as an oscillator, involves feeding a portion of the output signal back to the input.
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The collector supply voltage is 6 V and the voltage drop across a resistor of in the collector circuit is 0.6 V, in a transistor connector in common emitter mode. If the current gain is 20, the base current is
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Correct option: B
0.05 mA
Option B (0.05 mA) is correct because the base current is calculated using the formula , where is the collector current and is the current gain.
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At room temperature, a -type semiconductor has
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Correct option: A
Large number of holes and few electrons
Option A (Large number of holes and few electrons) is correct because P-type semiconductors are doped with acceptor impurities, creating an excess of holes.
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When -type of semiconductor is heated
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Correct option: D
Number of electrons and holes increases equally
Option D (Number of electrons and holes increases equally) is correct because when a semiconductor is heated, electron-hole pairs are generated due to the breaking of covalent bonds, leading to an equal increase in both.
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Current gain in common base configuration is less than 1 because
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the current gain in common base configuration is defined as the ratio of collector current to emitter current, and the collector current is always less than the emitter current.
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Which impurity is doped in to form -type semi-conductor
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because Arsenic (As) is a pentavalent impurity, which when doped into Silicon (Si) creates an N-type semiconductor.
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The -type semiconductors are obtained, when germanium is doped with
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Correct option: D
Any one of these
Option D (Any one of these) is correct because Arsenic, Phosphorus, and Antimony are all pentavalent impurities that can be used to dope germanium to create an n-type semiconductor.
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The phenomenon of thermionic emission was discovered by
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Correct option: D
Thomas Edison
Option D (Thomas Edison) is correct because Thomas Edison discovered the phenomenon of thermionic emission.
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Statement-I: The current gain in common base circuit is always less than one.
Statement-II: At constant collector voltage the change in collector current is more than the change in emitter current.
Statement-II: At constant collector voltage the change in collector current is more than the change in emitter current.
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Correct option: B
If statement-I is correct and statement II is incorrect.
Option B is correct because the current gain in a common base circuit is always less than one, and the change in collector current is less than the change in emitter current.
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Assertion : Photodiode always works under small reverse bias condition.
Reason : It is easier to detect current changes in reverse bias.
Reason : It is easier to detect current changes in reverse bias.
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Correct option: A
If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion
Option A (If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion) is correct because photodiodes are operated in reverse bias to easily detect changes in current due to incident light.
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The dominant mechanism for motion of charge carriers in forward and reverse biased silicon P-N junctions are
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Correct option: B
Diffusion in forward bias, drift in reverse bias
Option B (Diffusion in forward bias, drift in reverse bias) is correct because in forward bias, diffusion dominates, while in reverse bias, drift dominates.
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Assertion(A): Photodiodes are preferably
used in the reverse bias condition for
measuring light intensity.
Reason(R): The fractional change due to the
photo-effects on the minority carrier
dominated reverse bias current is more easily
measurable than the fractional change in the
forward bias current.
used in the reverse bias condition for
measuring light intensity.
Reason(R): The fractional change due to the
photo-effects on the minority carrier
dominated reverse bias current is more easily
measurable than the fractional change in the
forward bias current.
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Correct option: A
A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A
explanation of A
Option A is correct because photodiodes are used in reverse bias because the fractional change in the minority carrier current is more easily measurable.
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Assertion : Photodiode & photovoltaic cell are based on the same principle.
Reason : Both use same method of operations to work.
Reason : Both use same method of operations to work.
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Correct option: C
If Assertions is True but the reason is False
Assertion is True but the reason is False. Photodiode & photovoltaic cell are based on the same principle but use different methods of operations to work.
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The overall gain of a multistage amplifier is 100. When negative feedback is applied, the gain reduces to 10 . Find the fraction of the output that is feedback to the input.
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Correct option: C
0.09
Option C (0.09) is correct because the fraction of the output that is fed back to the input is 0.09, calculated using the formula for gain with negative feedback.
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In a triode amplifier, the value of maximum gain is equal to
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Correct option: B
Amplification factor
Option B (Amplification factor) is correct because the maximum gain of a triode amplifier is equal to its amplification factor ().
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The main cause of zener breakdown is
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Correct option: B
Production of electron-hole pairs due to thermal excitation
The correct answer is D (High doping) because Zener breakdown occurs due to strong electric fields in heavily doped semiconductors.
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