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A silicon specimen is made into a p-type semiconductor by doping, on an average, one indium atom per 5×107 silicon atoms. If the number density of atoms in the silicon specimen is 5×1028 atoms m-3, then the number of acceptor atoms in silicon per cubic centimetre will be
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Options:
  • A 2.5×1030 atom cm-3
  • B 2.5×1035 atom cm-3
  • C 1×1013 atom cm-3
  • D 1×1015 atom cm-3
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The correct answer is: 1×1015 atom cm-3
Number density of atoms in silicon specimen

= 5×1028 atoms-m-3=5×1022 atoms cm-3.

Since, 1 atom of indium is doped in 5×107 silicon atoms, so total number of indium atoms doped per cm3 of silicon will be

n=5×10225×107=1015 atom-cm-3.

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