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Fermi level with 10¹⁰ Sb then 2×10¹⁵ B
Short answer
With 10^10 cm⁻³ Sb (Nd < ni), solving n = (Nd/2)+√[(Nd/2)²+ni²] gives n≈2.03×10^10 cm⁻³, so EF − Ei = 0.0087 eV. After adding 2×10^15 cm⁻³ B, net p ≈ 2×10^15 cm⁻³ (p-type), and Ei − EF = 0.306 eV.
An n-type silicon wafer is uniformly doped with 10¹⁰ antimony atoms per cm³. Where will be the Fermi level compared to its intrinsic Fermi level? Where will the Fermi level be shifted if the sample is further doped with 2×10¹⁵ boron atoms per cm³?
Take K, eV and cm⁻³ for Si. Fermi level positions are measured from the intrinsic Fermi level .
Part 1: Only cm⁻³ antimony
Here is smaller than , so we cannot use . Use charge neutrality with :
Since :
The Fermi level is only about 8.7 meV above ; such light doping makes the wafer almost intrinsic.
Part 2: Further doping with cm⁻³ boron
Now , so the sample becomes p-type (compensated). Net acceptor concentration:
So cm⁻³ and cm⁻³.
Ec ---------------------------
EF (part 1) 0.0087 eV above Ei
Ei - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
| 0.306 eV
EF (part 2) ----+-------------
Ev ---------------------------
Answer: With cm⁻³ Sb, is 0.0087 eV (8.7 meV) above . After adding cm⁻³ B, the sample is p-type and shifts to 0.306 eV below , a total shift of about 0.315 eV.
Note: if the textbook version of this problem ( Sb, then B) is intended, the same method gives eV, then eV.
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