subject: Transistor:The Most Helpful Device in Electronic [print this page] Nevertheless, as well as the diode is Reverse Biased (P- material negative and N- type material positive), the barrier is improved and only less reverse current flows. A term that is used to describe the holes that flow in the P- and the electrons that flow in the N- during the forward bias conditions is Majority Carriers. On the other hand, the electrons and the holes are named as Minority Carriers.
