The Bipolar Junction Transistor The term Bipolar is because two type of charges (electrons and holes) are involved in the flow of electricity The term Junction is because there are two pn Junctions There are two configurations for this device n-type p-type n-type
(1) Hole particle current from E to B (2)Electron particle current from B to E (3)Recombination current in B (4) Hole particle current originating in E and reaching C (5)Reverse electron particle current from c to B (6) Reverse hole particle current from b to c (What is difference between \current\ and\particle current ? OE F Schubert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003