What happens to the minor charge carriers in p-n junction diode

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what happens to the minor charge carriers in p-n junction diode when forward biased?
 
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leojun said:
what happens to the minor charge carriers in p-n junction diode when forward biased?
If they reach the depletion region, they will either diffuse across the junction to the region where they are the majority carrier, or they will recombine.
 

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