csnotes/cst337/lec/lec6.md

lec6

diagrams needed for this section

Transistors

Two types of transistors will be discussed here: NPN and PNP. Both types however, do share some properties here by referred to as the following:

• E = Emitter
• B = Base
• C = Collector

NPN

When the base/gate is "on" we mean current can flow from the emitter to the collector.

PNP

When the base/gate is "on" we mean current can not flow from the emitter to the collector.

When we say that a gate is "on" we're really saying that it's open.