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Mobility 2

Mobility 2. The average momentum is proportional to the applied force, which is qE . The electrons, on an average, collide in time  n (called momentum relaxation time), so the momentum they achieve before reaching steady state is given as q  n E.

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Mobility 2

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  1. Mobility 2 The average momentum is proportional to the applied force, which is qE. The electrons, on an average, collide in time n (called momentum relaxation time), so the momentum they achieve before reaching steady state is given as qnE The average drift velocity of electrons is then given as Note: Velocity in different directions can be different even though the field acting is the same is theconductivity effective massfor electrons,which is the harmonic mean of the band structure effective masses. Note that this is different from the density-of-states effective mass, which is the geometric mean. nis the electron mobility in Si (since there are 6 equivalent minima, and effective masses in three directions are ml, mt, mt) Example:

  2. J is given as: m* is theconductivity effective mass For semiconductors with a single minimum (direct bandgap materials), thecurrent density will be different in different directions if the effective masses are different. However, for indirect bandgap materials, the current density can be isotropic even if the effective masses are not same. For semiconductors with elliptical or cylindrical symmetry, the effective mass is same along the shorter axes As a reminder, the density of states effective mass is given as: Conductivity and DOS effective masses

  3. The average velocity of the electrons is The current density is given as The mobility is given as When there are gc equivalent conduction band minima, and total electron density, n, the electron density at each minimum is n/gc For Si, with 6 equivalent minima, the current density in any direction is: Conductivity effective mass

  4. Equivalent energy minima in Si

  5. Mobility 3 (1) Current caused due to motion of onlyelectrons in applied electric field: q S vt (only due to electrons) From Ohm’s Law: (2) Total current due to both electrons and holes: ( is the hole mobility) Note for holes,

  6. The electron and hole mobilities vary inversely with the bandgaps of the semiconductors Electron and hole mobility vs. bandgap

  7. Types of mobilities • Conductivity mobility This mobility relates current density to the electric field and is given as: • Hall mobility: Measured from Hall measurement by application of magnetic field where r is called the Hall scattering factor, and given as Depending on the scattering mechanism, r can be significantly more than one.

  8. Lorentz force and Hall effect

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