Engineering Electromagnetics
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ISBN: 9780078028151
Author: Hayt, William H. (william Hart), Jr, BUCK, John A.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.26P
A semiconductor sample has a rectangular cross section 1.5 by 2.0 mm, length of 11.0. The material has electron and hole densities of 1.8Ă—1018 and 3.0Ă—1015, respectively. If μe=0.082m2/V.s and μn=0.0021m2/V.s, find the resistance offerd between the end faces of the sample.
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