The dominant mechanism for the motion of charge carriers in forward and reverse biased silicon $P-N$ junctions 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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