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Name: Mobile Carriers and the Fermi Function
ID: m13458
Language: English (en)
Summary: The Fermi-Dirac distribution, also called the "Fermi function," is a fundamental equation expressing the behavior of mobile charges in solid materials. This module explains the Fermi function and the Fermi energy level, and shows how they relate to the density of mobile carriers in solid-state semiconducting materials.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: density of states, electronic devices, Fermi function, solid-state physics
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Chris Winstead (winstead@engineering.usu.edu)
Copyright Holders: Chris Winstead (winstead@engineering.usu.edu)
Maintainers: Chris Winstead (winstead@engineering.usu.edu)
Version: 1.1 (history)
Created: Feb 18, 2006 2:33 pm US/Central
Revised: Feb 23, 2006 7:11 pm US/Central

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Version: 1.1 Feb 23, 2006 7:11 pm US/Central by Chris Winstead
Changes: 
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