Exam 6: BJT Fumdamentals

An unbiased transistor is like

In an npn transistor,the emitter and collector are both n-type materials.

The emitter of a bipolar junction transistor is lightly doped and the base is heavily doped.

A transistor's current gain is equal to

Transistors operate in the active,or linear region when they are used

The power rating of a transistor can be increased by using a heat sink.

Transistor saturation and cutoff regions are useful in digital and computer circuits referred to as switching circuits.

When working with transistor circuits,single subscripts are used to denote

If the data sheet maximum rating,collector-emitter breakdown voltage is exceeded

The two junctions of a transistor are between the emitter and the base and between the

What is the surface-mount package called that resembles the dual-inline package and houses multiple transistors?

A bipolar junction transistor should always operate in the breakdown region.

When calculating base current for a germanium transistor circuit,the voltage base to emitter is approximated at ________.

On the set of collector curves,the horizontal part of the curve where the collector current is constant,is known as the

High-power transistors (over 1 W)typically have current gains of ________.

Transistor saturation and cutoff regions are used in circuits referred to as ________.

The base region of a transistor is

In a common-emitter circuit,once the base current has been calculated,collector current can be determined by multiplying base current by ________.

The bulk resistance of the emitter diode becomes important

When using double-subscript notation with transistor circuits and the subscripts are the same,the voltage represents