[Amps] Electron HOLE flow

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

I visualize a golf course where a gazillion holes are trying to grab a ball.
Should be a par 18.

Don W4DNR



Quoting Bill Turner <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>:

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> On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 03:54:29 -0400, K8RI wrote:
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>> They still refer to "hole flow" in introductory semiconductors.
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> REPLY:
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> "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
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