Solution

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Write and take , , so the p side is . In the depletion approximation, mobile Electrons and electron holes are negligible compared with the fixed ionized dopants. Their charge density is
Applying Poisson equation gives
Outside the depletion region, mobile carriers approximately neutralize the dopants, so and . Full dopant ionization alone does not remove the mobile-carrier charge: the result also requires the depletion approximation.

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