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Starting electronics<br />

Figure 8.3<br />

A narrow P-area gives two PN junctions very close together<br />

semiconductor material. Now let’s connect this transistor<br />

arrangement between a voltage supply, so that collector is<br />

positive and emitter is zero, as in Figure 8.4.<br />

Figure 8.4<br />

Connected up, the emitter is at 0V and the collector is positive<br />

From what we know so far, nothing can happen and no current<br />

can flow from collector to emitter because between these<br />

two terminals two back-to-back PN junctions lie. One of these<br />

junctions is reverse biased and so, like a reverse biased diode,<br />

cannot conduct. So, what’s the point of it all?<br />

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