Which risk arises when raising temperature shifts silicon band alignment?

💡 Explanation

Raising the temperature alters band alignment, causing higher intrinsic carrier concentrations. This promotes thermionic emission of carriers through the reduced Schottky barrier height because the interface lowers, therefore gate leakage surges, rather than quantum tunneling, especially at elevated temperature.

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