A simple analogy is made between a crate of eggs and a semiconductor crystal. This permits easy visualization of such semiconductor properties as valence and conduction bands, thermal creation of electron-hole pairs, and doping. In addition, biasing is easily demonstrated along with conduction by majority and minority carriers in the valence and conduction bands.
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