Question: (a) Design a photoresistor, based on a P-type semiconductor doped with N A = 10 15 cm -3 , so that the resistance at the

(a) Design a photoresistor, based on a P-type semiconductor doped with N A = 10 15 cm -3 , so that the resistance at the external generation rate of 10 22 cm -3 s -1 is 1kΩ. The following technological parameters are known: the thickness of the semiconductor film is 5μm, the minimum width of the semiconductor strip is 500μm, the electron mobility is μ n =250 cm 2 /V-s, the hole mobility is μ p = 50 cm 2 /V-s, and the minority carrier lifetime is t n = 20μS. 

(b) What is the resistance in the dark?

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