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What is base narrowing or early effect in a bipolar junction transistor?
The Early effect, named after its discoverer James M. Early, is the variation in the effective width of the base in a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) due to a variation in the applied base-to-collector voltage.
When a transistor is NPN The collector is?
The NPN transistor has two diodes connected back to back. The diode on the left side is called an emitter-base diode, and the diodes on the left side are called collector-base diode. These names are given as per the name of the terminals.
How do you test a bipolar junction transistor?
How to test a bipolar transistor
- Step1: Connect the red probe to the base(B) of the transistor and the black probe to the emitter(E)
- Step2: Connect the red probe to the base(B) of the transistor and the black probe to the collector(E)
How transistors work as a switch?
One of the most common uses for transistors in an electronic circuit is as simple switches. In short, a transistor conducts current across the collector-emitter path only when a voltage is applied to the base. When no base voltage is present, the switch is off. When base voltage is present, the switch is on.
Why transistors are called bipolar junction transistor?
device is often called the bipolar junction transistor because its operation requires that the negatively charged electrons and their positively charged counterparts (the holes corresponding to an absence of electrons in the crystal lattice) coexist briefly in the presence of one another.
What causes the Early effect in a bipolar junction transistor?
The early effect is the variation in the width of the base in a bipolar transistor due to a variation in the applied base-to-collector voltage. For example a greater reverse bias across the collector- base junction increases the collector-base depletion width. If VCE increases VCB increases too.