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What is forward biasing and reverse biasing of a diode?

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When positive terminal of the battery is connected to p-region and the negative terminal of the battery is connected to n-region of the junction diode, it is said to be forward biasing.
When the positive terminal of the battery is connected to n-region & the negative terminal is connected to p-region of the p-n junction it is said to be reverse biasing.

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