Talk:Depletion region

message: See also depletion zone. Both of these articles need more work; they should be merged. There's significantly more Google hits for "depletion region" and "depletion layer" than there are hits for "depletion zone". - mako 06:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll merge and revise them over the next week or two. "Depletion region" is what I've seen most commonly as well.--Christopher Thomas 18:57, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Update - never got to this (went on WikiSabbatical first). --Christopher Thomas 07:15, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Depletion region]] and [[depletion zone]]

message: Although the introduction of the article is general, the later discussion is limited to the pn-junction. Moved a sentence from the intro restricted to the pn-junction to the pn-junction paragaph. The reference added by this sentence provides virtually the same discussion as presented in this article. Therefore, retained this reference and deleted the sentence.Brews ohare 20:00, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Limitations of article to pn junction

message: Hello I am not sure that the picture of junction with charges is right (this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pn-junction-equilibrium-graphs.png ). I mean the voltage never comme back to zero outside the junction whereas it should slowly, goodbye.Klinfran (talk) 09:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It does seem odd; not clear what the "potential" plot is supposed to represent.  Usually they show a two such curves in parallel, for the potentials in the conduction band and the valence band, and a line between that is the Fermi level, which is straight in the zero-bias equilibrium.  Like this book.  But it also shows an "electrostatic potential;" it seems to be just the potential of the conduction-band electrons; the bulk "voltage" is the Fermi level.  Dicklyon (talk) 16:43, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: The p-n junction depletion width equation really should be on this page. It is: W = [(2*permittivity(Vo-V)/q*(Na+Nd)/(Na*Nd)]^(1/2).  From Streetman, Solid State Electronics, 5th ed.  128.111.164.39 (talk) 22:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  DONE: Depletion width equation

message: I've proposed merging depletion width into here because it doesn't make sense to have two small articles on this topic when one would do.  Please support or oppose. 
* Support, as the proposer. Dicklyon 20:19, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The bottom line on merger is probably whether the combined article would be clearer, which might be hard to say in advance of the rewrite. Brews ohare 21:56, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously, they are not exactly the same thing, but one is a dimension of the other, and it's hard to imagine how to justify separate articles.  Either term can be linked, and depletion width could even redirect to a section if desired. Dicklyon 22:37, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If merging is done, I favor this redirection suggestion. That allows easy reference to either topic. Brews ohare 16:03, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's standard in a merge, to leave one as a redirect. Dicklyon 19:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

text: I'm game to try a merge; how do you suggest to proceed?Brews ohare 20:48, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just make a depletion width section in this article, and move all the relevant contents into it.  Then change the other to say "#REDIRECT Depletion region". Dicklyon 21:59, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Looks good to me. Dicklyon 00:02, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

text: I don't know how to arrange figures better, or how to remove banner about merge proposal. Should that be left for now?. Any help there? Brews ohare 00:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  DONE: Merge from depletion width 

message: I was trying to read this when I noticed that these two edits http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Depletion_region&diff=528621764&oldid=493778972 had mutilated the article.  So I rolled back a couple short repairs and those two edits. JohnPritchard (talk) 23:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaned up some weird destruction