[Amps] Electron HOLE flow

[Bill Turner]

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On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 03:54:29 -0400, K8RI wrote:

>They still refer to "hole flow" in introductory semiconductors. 

REPLY:

"Hole flow" is an illusion, much like the moving lights on a theater
marquee. If it helps to understand things fine, but holes don't move. It's
more accurate to say a hole is created in one atom and disappears in
another. For a brief time while the electron is in motion, there are
actually two holes.  Neither one "moves". 

73, Bill W6WRT