Q?: Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :1. Conductivity of a material depends on:and2.can break the bonds in semiconductor crystalsand create free electrons.3. Mobility and Sheet resistance in semiconductor are measured by4. Name of the force which bend electron trajectories in magnetic field55 At room temperature, the current in an intrinsic semiconductor is due tois unevenly doped7. During reverse bias of the diode there is a small current of the order of micro6 Each semiconductor material in aampere due to2.

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Q?: Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :
1. Conductivity of a material depends on:
and
2.
can break the bonds in semiconductor crystals
and create free electrons.
3. Mobility and Sheet resistance in semiconductor are measured by
4. Name of the force which bend electron trajectories in magnetic field
5
5 At room temperature, the current in an intrinsic semiconductor is due to
is unevenly doped
7. During reverse bias of the diode there is a small current of the order of micro
6 Each semiconductor material in a
ampere due to
2.

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