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Charge Transport (Current Flow) in Semiconductors

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This chapter examines in detail how the properties of a semiconducting material control how electric current flows through it.

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  1. Analog Electronics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Amal Banerjee

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Banerjee, A. (2024). Charge Transport (Current Flow) in Semiconductors. In: Semiconductor Devices. Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45750-0_2

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