Which outcome occurs when thermally-excited electrons enter a silicon-based PIN diode's intrinsic region?

💡 Explanation

Increased reverse saturation current occurs because the electron-hole pairs generated via thermal excitation increase the leakage current through the lightly doped intrinsic region through enhanced carrier diffusion, therefore higher current is observed rather than suppressed tunneling or modified lifetimes.

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