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Explain the formation of depletion region in p-n junction.
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Mumbai university > FE > SEM 1 > Applied Physics 1
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Year: Dec 2013
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written 7.8 years ago by | • modified 7.8 years ago |
Mumbai university > FE > SEM 1 > Applied Physics 1
Marks: 5M
Year: Dec 2013
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When a p-n junctio is formed, some free electrons from the n-type semiconductor cross the junction and fill the vacant space in the p-type junction.
This vacant space which was initially a hole, once filled with the electron, the incomplete bond with a neighbouring silicon atom of the impurity atom …