Definition of forward bias in English English dictionary
(Elektrik, Elektronik) A voltage placed across a junction in the forward direction. When a junction is forward biased to a sufficiently high voltage, current will flow
bias applied to a p-n junction in the conducting direction, majority carrier electrons and holes flow toward the junction so that a large current flows
A voltage VA > 0 is applied to the diode terminals The potential on the n-side of the junction is lowered relative to the p-side of the pn junction VA must be =< Vbi since the voltage drop across the depletion region becomes Vbi - VA
Voltage applied to a semiconductor P-N junction that increases the electron current across the junction
A voltage applied across a rectifying junction with a polarity that provides a low-resistance conducting path In contrast, reverse bias causes the junction to block normal current See p-n junction