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For a heavily doped n-type semiconductor, fermi-level lies

A

a little below the conduction band

B

a little above the valence band

C

a little inside the valence band

D

at the centre of the band gap

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For a heavily doped n-type semiconductor, the fermi level lies slightly below the bottom of the conduction band.
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