[Amps] Electron HOLE flow

[Carl]

I learned the correct way in USN ET school in 1959-60 and then when I went 
to National and elsewhere it was always the lazy thinkers way instead.
I still think the old way as its in my DNA!

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Waters" <mikewate at gmail.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Electron HOLE flow


> Absolutely it is an illusion. IIRC, that was erroneously introduced into
> textbooks around 1970 the same time as the "electricity flows from 
> positive
> to negative" nonsense. Whoever came up with the latter never heard of
> electron flow in a vacuum tube, among other things.
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
> 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
>>
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