Base Spreading Resistance: With two depletion layers penetrating the base, the base holes are confined to the thin region of P-type semiconductor illustrated in Fig. 10.12. The resistance of this thin region (or section) is…

Explain Transistor Current Components: The various transistor current components which flow across the forward-biased emitter junction and reverse biased collector junction are indicated in Fig. 10.11. The current flowing into the emitter is referred to…

Important Points Regarding Working of Transistors: The noteworthy points regarding working of transistors are summarized below. 1. Current conduction in N-P-N transistor is by electrons and the conventional current flow will be in the opposite…

What is Transistor Biasing? - Types of Biasing As already mentioned, for normal operation of a transistor emitter-base junction is always forward biased and collector-base junction is always reverse biased. For a moment if the…

Transistor Action : Operation of PNP Transistor: Transistor action - Transistors of both types (P-N-P and N-P-N) behave exactly in the same way except change in biasing and majority carriers. In P-N-P transistors the conduction…

Transistor Terminals (Emitter, Collector and Base): As mentioned already, transistor is a single crystal in which there are two P-N junctions, as shown in Fig. 10.1. The idea behind is to have first section to…

Transistor Construction: The transistor construction consists of a silicon or germanium (preferably silicon because of its smaller cutoff current ICBO, smaller variations in ICBO due to variations in temperature and higher operating temperature) crystal in which…