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  2. Transistor - Wikipedia

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    A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. It is one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics. [1] It is composed of semiconductor material, usually with at least three terminals for connection to an electronic circuit.

  3. Bipolar junction transistor - Wikipedia

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    Band diagram for NPN transistor at equilibrium Band diagram for NPN transistor in active mode, showing injection of electrons from emitter to base, and their overshoot into the collector. BJTs can be thought of as two diodes (p–n junctions) sharing a common region that minority carriers can move through.

  4. Electronic circuit - Wikipedia

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    A circuit diagram representing an analog circuit, in this case a simple amplifier. Analog electronic circuits are those in which current or voltage may vary continuously with time to correspond to the information being represented. A simple schematic showing wires, a resistor, and a battery

  5. Field-effect transistor - Wikipedia

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    Cross-sectional view of a MOSFET type field-effect transistor, showing source, gate and drain terminals, and insulating oxide layer. The field-effect transistor (FET) is a type of transistor that uses an electric field to control the current through a semiconductor. It comes in two types: junction FET (JFET) and metal-oxide-semiconductor FET ...

  6. Single-electron transistor - Wikipedia

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    Schematic of a basic SET and its internal electrical components. A single-electron transistor (SET) is a sensitive electronic device based on the Coulomb blockade effect. In this device the electrons flow through a tunnel junction between source/drain to a quantum dot (conductive island). Moreover, the electrical potential of the island can be ...

  7. Circuit diagram - Wikipedia

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    A circuit diagram (or: wiring diagram, electrical diagram, elementary diagram, electronic schematic) is a graphical representation of an electrical circuit. A pictorial circuit diagram uses simple images of components, while a schematic diagram shows the components and interconnections of the circuit using standardized symbolic representations.

  8. Unijunction transistor - Wikipedia

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    The schematic diagram symbol for a unijunction transistor represents the emitter lead with an arrow, showing the direction of conventional current when the emitter-base junction is conducting a current. A complementary UJT uses a p-type base and an n-type emitter, and operates the same as the n-type base device but with all voltage polarities ...

  9. Insulated-gate bipolar transistor - Wikipedia

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    Definition: A four-layer semiconductor device with a P-N-P-N structure: An insulated-gate bipolar transistor combining features from bipolar transistors and MOSFETs Terminals: Anode, cathode, gate: Emitter, collector, gate Layers: Four layers: Three layers Junction: PNPN structure: NPN(P) structure Modes of operation