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Transistors Explained: Switching and Amplification Basics

This video explains what transistors are and how they function as electronic switches and amplifiers. As a core component of ...
Canadian Manufacturing

Key factors to consider when manufacturers are deciding between NPN and PNP transistors

Manufacturing companies, particularly those that mass-produce electronic circuits, work pretty much around bipolar junction transistors, like PNP and NPN. However, choosing between these two BJTs can ...
Hackaday

pnp transistor

In the early days, PNP bipolar transistors were common, but the bulk of circuits you see today use NPN transistors. As [Aaron Danner] points out, many people think PNP transistors are “backward” but ...
EDN

Rad-Hard UHF NPN/PNP Transistor Array

The ISL73096EH is a radiation hardened ultra high frequency NPN/PNP transistor array. It contains three NPN transistors and two PNP transistors on a common substrate. The device covers all of the ...
EDN

Unusual 2N3904 transistor circuit

A Planet Analog article, “ 2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor? ” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old ...
Electronics Weekly

Zetex Semiconductors’ miniature NPN and PNP transistors for MOSFET gate driving

Zetex Semiconductors has introduced a series of miniature NPN and PNP transistors for MOSFET gate driving in latest generation power supplies. ZXTN and ZXTP transistors The first bipolars to be ...
Electronic Design

Sensor Signal Converter Outputs Both NPN And PNP Signals

A versatile signal-conditioning circuit for use with with programmable logic converters or controllers that can accept only one input polarity. Matching a sensor interface with a programmable logic ...