2610712028, 13:38 Motal-Semiconductor Junction - Ohmic Contact UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE , Search, Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS) Metal-Semiconductor Junction — Ohmic Contact When a metal and an n-type semiconductor are joined and 4 < @s, electrons will flow from the Fermi energy level in the metal into the semiconductor conduction band to lower their energy. This will cause the chemical potential of the semiconductor to move up into equilibrium with that of the metal. It will also deform the semiconductor bands, so that they curve upwards away from the metal This situation is depicted in the animation below. Use the tabs to navigate through the animation, worn doitpoms.ac.uk tps deitpoms.2c-uktipibisemiconductorsjunction_ehmic php2607/2023, 19:94 Motal-Semiconductor Junction - Ohmic Contact This type of contact yields a linear relationship between the voltage applied and the current that flows across the junction. It is therefore called an Ohmic contact, because it obeys Ohm's law. This type of contact is also described as metallization, and is used to supply electric current into semiconductor devices, ©) 2004-2023 University of Cambridge. Except where otherwise noted, content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2,0 UK: England & Wales License. hitpssww-deitpoms.ac-ukipibisemiconductorsjuneion_ohmic.php 22.