Physics of Semiconductor Devices

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Minority carrier concentrations in a bipolar transistor

A npn bipolar transistor is biased in the reverse active mode. The emitter is more heavily doped than the collector. Select the minority charge distribution that corresponds to this mode.

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On an exam, this question would not be multiple choice. You would be asked to draw the minority charge distribution.