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प्रश्न
Why are elemental dopants for Silicon or Germanium usually chosen from group XIII or group XV?
उत्तर
The size of dopant atoms should be such as not to distort the pure semiconductor lattice structure and yet easily contribute a charge carrier on forming covalent bonds with Si or Ge.
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