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Transistors Explained: Switching and Signal Amplification

This video explains how transistors work as switches and amplifiers in electronic circuits. Transistors control the flow of ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between PNP and NPN Transistors?

The transistor is probably the most important invention in electronic engineering and the basis for nearly all integrated circuits (ICs). The transistor is a three-terminal electronic device that can ...
Canadian Manufacturing

Key factors to consider when manufacturers are deciding between NPN and PNP transistors

Manufacturing companies, particularly those that mass-produce electronic circuits, work pretty much around bipolar junction transistors, like PNP and NPN. However, choosing between these two BJTs can ...
EDN

An introduction to analog circuit design* Part 1: Transistors and Elementary Circuits

Modern circuit design is a “mixed signal” endeavor thanks to the availability of sophisticated process technologies that make available bipolar and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor), ...
Electronics Weekly

What I didn’t know about npn transistors – mosfet driving

The holiday gave me a chance to play with bipolar transistor mosfet drivers again. And things did not go quite as planned. I had been using the circuit on the right quite happily from a signal ...
Semiconductor Engineering

SVT (Six Stacked Vertical Transistors) SRAM Cell Architecture Introduction: Design And Process Challenges Assessment

This paper presents a new design architecture for advanced logic SRAM cells using six vertical transistors (with carrier transport along the Z direction), stacked one on top of each other. Virtual ...