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understanding of the content delivered in the video lectures. Some of the questions might not be
About NPTEL directly from the video lectures, but they would be on similar topics. Make sure to read the questions
()
carefully and attempt all the questions. No negative markings have been assigned. Happy Learning!

How does an 1) The IC (Integrated Circuit) revolution was triggered by the invention of 1 point
NPTEL online _______________ .
course work?
() Cathode Ray Tubes
Transistors
Week 1 Diodes
Basics of
Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
semiconduct
or physics () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Introduction to Accepted Answers:
semiconductors Transistors
(unit?
unit=16&lesson 2) The splitting of discrete energy states into the continuum of energy states upon 1 point
=17) reducing the interatomic distance between isolated atoms of the same kind is a direct consequence
Introduction to of ________________ .
energy bands
(unit?
Heisenberg's uncertainity principle
Pauli's exclusion principle

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unit=16&lesson Bohr theory of atom

=18)
Einstein's theory of relativity
Fundamentals
Yes, the answer is correct.
of band
Score: 1
structure (unit?
Accepted Answers:
unit=16&lesson
Pauli's exclusion principle
=19)
3) Which among the following is an indirect band gap material? 1 point
Band structure
(contd.) and
Silicon
Fermi-Dirac
distribution Inidium Arsenide (InAs)
(unit? Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
unit=16&lesson
Gallium Nitride (GaN)
=20)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Density of Score: 1
states (unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=16&lesson Silicon
=21)

Quiz: Week 1 4) A key property of the semiconductor that distincts it from metals and insulators is 1 point
Assignment 1 _______________ .
(assessment?
name=147) the abundance of the semiconductor material on earth

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the ease of device manufacturing
(unit? the ability to tune the conductivity of the material
unit=16&lesson
the presence of a bandgap
=22)
No, the answer is incorrect.
Week 2 Score: 0
Equilibrium Accepted Answers:
carrier the ability to tune the conductivity of the material
concentration
() 5) Which of the following statement describes the essence of Moore's Law? 1 point

The number of wires per unit area in a microchip doubles every 1.5 years
Week 3
Carrier The number of transistors per unit area in a microchip gets halved around every 1.5 years
transport () The number of transistors per unit area in a microchip doubles around every 1.5 years
The cost of a microchip doubles around every 1.5 years
Week 4 p-n
junction () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 5
The number of transistors per unit area in a microchip doubles around every 1.5 years
Applications
of p-n
6) The relation between energy and wave vector in the reciprocal space for free electron 1 point
junctions and
is ________ and the movement of electron in periodic potential is dependent on_______
details of
metal-
Parabolic, effective mass
Hyperbolic, effective mass

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semiconduct Parabolic, real mass

or junction ()
Hyperbolic, real mass

Week 6 Yes, the answer is correct.

Bipolar Score: 1
Junction Accepted Answers:
Parabolic, effective mass
Transistor ()
7) The curvature of the conduction band in the E-k diagram of material A is more than 1 point
Week 7 Metal material B. The effective mass and the mobility of material B as comapred to A are respectively?
Oxide
Semiconduct Higher and Lower
or Capacitor Lower and Higher
()
Higher and Higher

Week 8 Lower and Lower

MOSFET () No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Week 9 Accepted Answers:
Compound Higher and Lower
Semiconduct
ors () 8) The effective mass of an electron inside a periodic crystal (multiple correct answers) 1 point

Week 10 can be anisotropic

Opto- captures all the quantum mechanical effects
electronic varies with time
devices:
is same as the rest mass of the electron
Solar cells
and Yes, the answer is correct.
photodetecto Score: 1
rs () Accepted Answers:
can be anisotropic
captures all the quantum mechanical effects
Week 11
Opto-
electronic 9) What should be the temperature (in kelvin) for all the energy states below the Fermi 1 point
devices: energy level to be filled in a Fermi-Dirac system.
Light
Emitting 300 K
Diodes (LED) 0K
() 273 K
100 K
Week 12
Applications Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
of transistors
and basics of Accepted Answers:
0K
microelectron
ic fabrication
() 10) What is the probability of finding an electron at an Energy (E) equals to the Fermi 1 point
Energy (E_F) at T = 450 K in a fermi dirac system?

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Live Sessions Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
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Accepted Answers:
0.5
Problem
Solving 11) Why the concentration of electrons at the mid of the bandgap for an intrnsic 1 point
Session - Jan semiconductor is zero, though the probability of finding an electron over there is half? (multiple
2024 () correct answers)

No energy states are allowed at the mid of the bandgap

The electrons doesnot have sufficient energy
The density of states is zero at the mid of the bandgap
The electrons doesnot have sufficient momentum

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
No energy states are allowed at the mid of the bandgap
The density of states is zero at the mid of the bandgap

12) Assume the Fermi energy level is 0.2 eV below conduction band energy. Determine the 1 point
probability of a state being occupied by an electron at EC (conduction band energy)? (T=300 K ,
Assume kT = 0.026 eV)

4.5 x 10^-4
5.7 x 10^-3
1
0

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
4.5 x 10^-4

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