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The dominant mechanism for motion of charge carriers in forward and reverse biased silicon p-n junction are

A

drift in forward bias, diffusion in reverse bias

B

diffusion in forward bias, drift in reverse bias

C

diffusion in both forward and reverse bias

D

drift in both forward and reverse bias

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  11. Reverse bias applied to a junction diode

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  12. In the middle of the depletion layer of a reverse-biased p - n junctio...

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