Electrical conductivity of intrinsic and 
-type semiconductor increases with increase in
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Intrinsic semiconductor: As temperature increases, more covalent bonds break → more electron-hole pairs → conductivity increases.
p-type semiconductor: Increasing temperature → more holes generated (majority carriers) → conductivity increases.
So, both intrinsic and p-type semiconductors show increased conductivity with increase in temperature.
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