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Analog Electronics with LabVIEW®
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Analog Electronics with LabVIEW®

by Kenneth L. Ashley
October 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
432 pages
9h 20m
English
Pearson
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B.1. Fundamentals of Bipolar Junction Transistor Action

A bipolar junction transistor is made up of a sandwich of two semiconductor pn junctions. Transistors are either npn or pnp. In the active-mode transistor state, one junction, the input junction, is forward biased, and the opposite junction, the output junction, is reverse biased. The behavior of the individual pn junction diode will first be considered to clarify forward and reverse bias.

A semiconductor pn-junction diode in diagrammatic form is shown in Fig. B.1. The current and voltage of an ideal pn-junction diode are related by

Equation B.1

Figure B.1. Diagrammatic pn-junction ...
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