Forward and reverse battery bias, Electrical Engineering

Assignment Help:

Forward and Reverse battery bias

In diagram below(a) the battery is arranged that is why the negative terminal supplies electrons to the N-type material. These types of electrons diffuse toward the junction. The positive terminal eliminates electrons from the P-type semiconductor, forming holes that diffuse toward the junction. If the battery voltage is sufficiently great to overcome the junction potential (0.6V in Si), the N-type electrons and P-holes merge annihilating each other. This frees up space in the lattice for more carriers to flow toward the junction. So, currents of P-type and N-type majority carriers flow in the direction of the junction. The recombination at the junction permits a battery current to flow via the PN junction diode. Such type of a junction is said to be forward biased.

1057_Forward and Reverse battery bias.png

Figure: (a) Forward battery bias repells carriers toward junction, where recombination results in battery current. (b) Reverse battery bias attracts carriers toward battery terminals, away from junction. Depletion region thickness increases. No sustained battery current flows.

If the battery polarity is inverted like in Figure above (b) majority carriers are attracted away from the junction in the direction of the battery terminals. The positive battery terminal attracts N-type majority carriers, electrons, away from the junction. The negative terminal attracts P-type majority carriers, holes, away from the junction. This raises the thickness of the non conducting depletion region. There is no recombination of majority carriers; so, no conduction. This arrangement of battery polarity is known as the reverse bias.


Related Discussions:- Forward and reverse battery bias

What do you mean by fm stereo, Q. What do you mean by FM Stereo? IT  sh...

Q. What do you mean by FM Stereo? IT  shows the block diagram of an FM stereo transmitter and an FM stereo receiver. The following notation is used: • f L (t), fR(t): Left a

Discuss need of caches, Discuss need of Caches. Caches are other big t...

Discuss need of Caches. Caches are other big thing done in the last 2 decades to enhance performance. Keep things locally when they are going to be used soon. By a physics vie

Help needed in degree project, i have to design a project title "Edge deter...

i have to design a project title "Edge determining techniques for Low quality images in different lighting conditions and we use matlab for images simulation by changing different

Fiind the magnitudes of the line-to-line voltages, Q. A single-line diagram...

Q. A single-line diagram of a three-phase transformer bank connected to a load is given in Figure. Find the magnitudes of the line-to-line voltages, line currents, phase voltages,

Find the bandwidth of the modulated signal, The signal m(t), whose frequenc...

The signal m(t), whose frequency spectrum M(f ) is to be transmitted from one station to another. Let the signal be nor- malized, i.e., -1 ≤ m(t) ≤ 1. Find the bandwidth of the mod

Which matels alloy make bronze, Bronze is an alloy of (A) Copper and T...

Bronze is an alloy of (A) Copper and Tin.               (B) Copper and Steel. (C) Copper and Mercury.      (D) Copper and Aluminium. Ans: Bronze is an alloy of Cop

H – parameter model, H - Parameter model :- The transistor's equiv...

H - Parameter model :- The transistor's equivalent circuit can be dram using simple approximation by retaining its necessary features. These equivalent circuits will a

Show a block diagram of a 4-bit shift-right register, Q. A shift register c...

Q. A shift register can be used as a binary (a) divide by-2, and (b) multiply-by-2 counter. Explain. Show a block diagram of a 4-bit shift-right register using JKFFs.

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd