The drift velocity is the average velocity that a particle, such as an electron, attains due to an electric field. It can also be referred to as axial drift velocity since particles defined are assumed to be moving along a plane. In general, an electron will 'rattle around' in a conductor at the Fermi velocity randomly. An applied electric field will give this random motion a small net velocity in one direction.
In a semiconductor, the two main carrier scattering mechanisms are ionized impurity scattering and lattice scattering.
Because current is proportional to drift velocity, which is, in turn, proportional to the magnitude of an external electric field, Ohm's law can be explained in terms of drift velocity.
Drift velocity is expressed in the following equations: Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): J_{\it drift} = \rho \cdot v_{\it avg} , where Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): J_{\it drift}
, where μ is the electron mobility in (m^2)/[V.s]) and E is the electric field in V/m.
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