Question

As the temperature to the P-N junction increases the current increases due to?

(a) Leakage in bias region

(b) Electron-hole pair

(c) Leakage in P region

(d) Leakage in N region

The question was posed to me in unit test.

My doubt stems from The Temperature Dependence of P-N Characteristics in division Semiconductor-Diode Characteristics of Electronic Devices & Circuits

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) Electron-hole pair

The explanation: As the temperature to the P-N junction increases the mobility of charges increases thus increases the electron-hole pair which proportionally increases the current in the P-N junction diode.