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But, how does the transistor _REALLY_ work?
After studying (mainly BJTs, but with FETs in the final year) at Uni,
I was conversant with all the models, Hybrid-Pi, etc, and the use of various matrical parameters, h, y, s, etc, for describing and predicting transistor behaviour in circuit, but was puzzled on how it actually worked, by which I mean, how did the base current control the collector current? (So many of the textbooks just glibly say that the part of the emitter current divides off to become the base current, but this does not describe the low-level controlling action) I found the answer about 18 years ago in these NG (ISTR sci.electronics before its unnecessary split), but I wonder whether anyone else puzzled over this, and what was their answer? |
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But, how does the transistor _REALLY_ work?
"gareth" wrote in
: After studying (mainly BJTs, but with FETs in the final year) at Uni, I was conversant with all the models, Hybrid-Pi, etc, and the use of various matrical parameters, h, y, s, etc, for describing and predicting transistor behaviour in circuit, but was puzzled on how it actually worked, by which I mean, how did the base current control the collector current? (So many of the textbooks just glibly say that the part of the emitter current divides off to become the base current, but this does not describe the low-level controlling action) I found the answer about 18 years ago in these NG (ISTR sci.electronics before its unnecessary split), but I wonder whether anyone else puzzled over this, and what was their answer? It's all perfectly simple: holes are just electrons with negative mass. |
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On 15/05/2014 15:57, gareth wrote:
After studying (mainly BJTs, but with FETs in the final year) at Uni, I was conversant with all the models, Hybrid-Pi, etc, and the use of various matrical parameters, h, y, s, etc, for describing and predicting transistor behaviour in circuit, but was puzzled on how it actually worked, by which I mean, how did the base current control the collector current? (So many of the textbooks just glibly say that the part of the emitter current divides off to become the base current, but this does not describe the low-level controlling action) I found the answer about 18 years ago in these NG (ISTR sci.electronics before its unnecessary split), but I wonder whether anyone else puzzled over this, and what was their answer? A polymath once described it thus: http://tinyurl.com/k74cndj Personally, I think he probably needs a check-up from the neck up. |
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But, how does the transistor _REALLY_ work?
On 15/05/14 16:20, Custos Custodum wrote:
After studying (mainly BJTs, but with FETs in the final year) at Uni, I was conversant with all the models, Hybrid-Pi, etc, and the use of various matrical parameters, h, y, s, etc, for describing and predicting transistor behaviour in circuit, but was puzzled on how it actually worked, by which I mean, how did the base current control the collector current? (So many of the textbooks just glibly say that the part of the emitter current divides off to become the base current, but this does not describe the low-level controlling action) I found the answer about 18 years ago in these NG (ISTR sci.electronics before its unnecessary split), but I wonder whether anyone else puzzled over this, and what was their answer? It's all perfectly simple: holes are just electrons with negative mass. LOL Here we have another example of a supposed long standing area of lack of understanding, dragged up as a vehicle for him to hurl abuse. One wonders why, with so many areas of poor understanding, remedial action was not taken earlier? Or indeed how they arose in the first place. Were lectures skipped? Assignments completed? How could someone with such gaps work in a professional engineering environment and maintain the confidence of his colleague and superiors? |
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But, how does the transistor _REALLY_ work?
On Thu, 15 May 2014 17:20:13 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:
One wonders why, with so many areas of poor understanding, remedial action was not taken earlier? Or indeed how they arose in the first place. Were lectures skipped? Assignments completed? How could someone with such gaps work in a professional engineering environment and maintain the confidence of his colleague and superiors? The Kurious Kase of the half-baked Bean? |
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But, how does the transistor _REALLY_ work?
"Brian Reay" wrote in message
... Here we have another example of a supposed long standing area of lack of understanding, dragged up as a vehicle for him to hurl abuse. 20 21 39 Once again, it is from your keyboard, and your keyboard alone, that the abuse originates. One wonders why, with so many areas of poor understanding, remedial action was not taken earlier? Or indeed how they arose in the first place. Were lectures skipped? Assignments completed? How could someone with such gaps work in a professional engineering environment and maintain the confidence of his colleague and superiors? 11 16 17 For heaven's sake, Brian, are you on a one-man campaign to discourage newcomers from asking technical questions in this NG, for it is by openly discussing those areas that we had problems in that we can encourage newcomers to put their own technical questions? If you are trying to dissuade newcomers from joining in discussion, then you are succeeding, no doubt. |
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But, how does the transistor _REALLY_ work?
"Brian Reay" wrote in message
... One wonders why, with so many areas of poor understanding, remedial action was not taken earlier? Or indeed how they arose in the first place. Were lectures skipped? Assignments completed? How could someone with such gaps work in a professional engineering environment and maintain the confidence of his colleague and superiors? You mean that you don't know the answer? |
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But, how does the transistor _REALLY_ work?
Brian Reay wrote in :
On 15/05/14 16:20, Custos Custodum wrote: After studying (mainly BJTs, but with FETs in the final year) at Uni, I was conversant with all the models, Hybrid-Pi, etc, and the use of various matrical parameters, h, y, s, etc, for describing and predicting transistor behaviour in circuit, but was puzzled on how it actually worked, by which I mean, how did the base current control the collector current? (So many of the textbooks just glibly say that the part of the emitter current divides off to become the base current, but this does not describe the low-level controlling action) I found the answer about 18 years ago in these NG (ISTR sci.electronics before its unnecessary split), but I wonder whether anyone else puzzled over this, and what was their answer? It's all perfectly simple: holes are just electrons with negative mass. LOL Actually, I wasn't kidding. (Well maybe just a little.) I've forgotten most of this stuff in the 45 years since I studied solid state physics, but ISTR that it was a useful theoretical device when analysing charge carrier mobility or something like that. |
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"Brian Reay" wrote in message
... Cue the usual dross from our resident wannabe. 39 |
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But, how does the transistor _REALLY_ work?
On 15/05/2014 15:57, gareth wrote:
After studying (mainly BJTs, but with FETs in the final year) at Uni, I was conversant with all the models, Hybrid-Pi, etc, and the use of various matrical parameters, h, y, s, etc, for describing and predicting transistor behaviour in circuit, but was puzzled on how it actually worked, by which I mean, how did the base current control the collector current? (So many of the textbooks just glibly say that the part of the emitter current divides off to become the base current, but this does not describe the low-level controlling action) I found the answer about 18 years ago in these NG (ISTR sci.electronics before its unnecessary split), but I wonder whether anyone else puzzled over this, and what was their answer? It does rather depend on the depth you wish to go to and the model you wish to utilise as all of them. To a certain extent all the explanations have flaws and, IMHO, you don't need to know how it works to use it. All you need is and analogy and the transfer functions and hfe etc to bias and use it. Once you get to the quantum models it all gets a bit silly and confusing to be honest. The quantum model was my limit. I stayed away from quantum models in physics and stuck to engineering physics. Transistor theory is like the explanation how a wing works - a lot the explanations are designed to give people an explanation that they are comfortable with so that they can get on with actually using it. Andy |
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