Seat No: ______________ Enrollment No: ____________________

PARUL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
B.Tech Winter 2021 - 22 Examination
Semester: 1 Date: 24/02/2022
Subject Code: 203192102 Time: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Subject Name: Engineering Physics Total Marks: 60

Instructions:

1. All questions are compulsory.

2. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

3. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.

4. Start new question on new page.

Q.1 Attempt all of the following questions. (15)

1. Density of states Does not depends on

(a) Type of material (b) Temperature (c) Energy range (d) all of these

2. When mobility is high,

(a) Drift current increases (b) resistivity decreases

(c) drift velocity increases (d) all of these

3. In semiconductor, at 0 k, no electron will be in _____________

(a) Valance Band (b) Band Gap (c) Forbidden Band (d) Conduction Band

4.The density of states _________ as we go to higher energy levels in conduction

band

(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) remains constant. (d) None Of The Above

5. For a semiconductor at 0 K

(a) valence band is totally filled (b) valence band is partially filled

(c) conduction band is totally filled (d) conduction band is partially filled

6. ______________ model describes the origin of band gap in semiconductor.

7. ____________ is a direct bandgap material .

8. In Si at 0 K, valence band is completely _________and conduction band is

completely___________.

9. If fermi level is closer to conduction band, the material must be _________ type
Semiconductor.

10. Effective mass of electron i(n ________________ band is positive.

11. Give two examples of one dimensional material.

12. Give an example of ternary semiconductor material useful in optoelectronic devices.

13. Define principle of Photovoltaic effect.

14. Define bandgap in short .

15. What is fermi energy level?

Q.2 Answer the following questions. (Attempt any three). (15)

A) Why can't we use Si or Ge for making LEDs?

B) Explain direct and indirect band gap materials using E-K diagram.

C) For an energy state E, f (E) = 0.6 at 300 K temperature. What will be the probability

that electron will not exist in energy state E at 300 K temperature?

D) Explain briefly about quantum dots, quantum wells and quantum wires.

Q.3 Answer the following

A) What is density of states? Derive the relation for density of states and plot the graph of

density of states as a function of energy.

B) an expression for optical joint density of states (08)

OR

B) Explain Photovoltaic effect in detail along with necessary labelled diagram.

Q.4 Answer The Following

A) Explain in detail Interband and intrabend transition along with suitable necessary diagrams.

OR

A Derive an expression for effective mass and explain how it varies with wave vector k+ and K-

B Distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic semiconductors.