semiconductors

The ability to increase the conductivity of a semiconductor is called doping. For silicon is used in every computer system, telecommunication system, etc. e reverse current was unable to be figured out by engineers which eventually lead them to becoming obsolete in electronics today. The main semiconductor used today is silicon, which is the second most abundant element on the earth besides oxygen. ) If you would switch the DC source around you would get reverse bias. If the source voltage is greater than . When the n-type is connected to the negative source and the p-type is connected to the positive source this creates forward bias. 7V, a silicon diode allows a continuous flow of current in a forward direction. There are two types of extrinsic semiconductors. The n-type semiconductor and the p-type semiconductor.