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BJT
INTRODUCTION
n 1947 J. Barden, W. Bratterin and W. Shockley
invented transistor.
The term transistor was given by John R. Pierce.
Through initially it was called the solid state
version of the vacuum triode, but the term
transistor has survived.
The word transistor is derived from the words
Transfer and Resistor it describes the operation
of a BJT i.e. the transfer of an input signal from a
low resistance circuit to a high resistance circuit.
CONTD
DEFINITION OF BJT
Now IE, IC is emitter current and collect current respectively and VEB
and VCB are emitter base voltage and collector base voltage respectively.
According to convention if for the emitter, base and collector current IE,
IB and IC current goes into the transistor the sign of the current is taken
as positive and if current goes out from the transistor then the sign is
taken as negative.
CHARACTERISTICS OF BJT
There are different characteristics for different modes of operation.
Characteristics is nothing but the graphical forms of relationships
among different current and voltage variables of the transistor.
The characteristics for p - n - p transistors are given for
different modes and different parameters.