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    The document summarizes the solution to Poisson's equation for a semiconductor diode. It derives expressions for the electric field E(x) and potential φ(x) in the diode as a function of position x. The derivation involves setting boundary conditions of φ(0)=0 and E(0)=0 to determine the arbitrary constants C0=1 and C1=0. The final expressions for E(x) and φ(x) are then presented.

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    Week 3 - Diodes

    Allan Josué González Villalobos


    May 2020

    1 General Solution
    Let’s start by setting the Poisson’s equation using the giving density:

    d2 φ q · ns k−q·φ
    2
    = · e B ·T
    dx s

    To solve the equation, we must start by multiplying both sides with the first
    derivative of φ, since it must be different from 0. Then, we get that:

    d d2 q · ns k−q·φ dφ
    · 2 · (φ) = · e B ·T ·
    dx dx s dx

    This can be written as:

    −q·φ
    2
    d( 21 · dφ
    dx )
    d( q·n
    s · e
    s kB ·T
    )
    =
    dx dx

    Integrating we get that:

    1 −ns · kB · T −q·φ ns · kB · T
    · (φ0 )2 = · e kB ·T + · C0
    2 s s

    Here we obtain the electric field expression as a function of φ:

    r
    2 · ns · kB · T −q·φ
    E(x) = · (C0 − e kB ·T )
    s

    1
    To find the potential, we must integrate implicitly, we then obtain:

    q r
    2 · kB · T 2
    q·φ q·φ 2 · kB · T
    √ · ln( C0 · e B − 1 + C0 · e B ) =
    k ·T 2·k ·T
    · (x + C1 )
    q · C0 s

    Simplifying:

    s
    2 · kB · T 1 q 2 · C 0 · ns
    φ(x) = · ln( · cosh ( · (x + C1 )))
    q C0 2 · kB · T s

    2 Finding the arbitrary constants


    For boundary conditions, we set φ(0) = 0 and E(0) = 0.

    Starting with the expression of the Electric field:

    r
    2 · ns · kB · T
    E(0) = · (C0 − 1)
    s

    So that C0 = 1.

    Then we go into the expression of the potential:

    s
    2 · kB · T q 2 · ns
    0= · ln(cosh ( · C1 ))
    q 2 · kB · T s

    We get then that:

    s
    q 2 · ns
    cosh ( · C1 ) = 0
    2 · kB · T s

    2
    Which is only 0 when C1 = 0

    So, the final expressions for the electric field and the potential are:

    r
    2 · ns · kB · T −q·φ(x)
    E(x) = · (1 − e kB ·T )
    s

    s
    2 · kB · T q 2 · ns
    φ(x) = · ln(cosh ( · x))
    q 2 · kB · T s

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