Re:How do transistors work, anyway?
by itishappy on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @02:20PM
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Second to last paragraph of the article covers exactly this, does it not?
> The idealized drawing of a BJT might imply that it should be a bidirectional device, working equally well if you reverse the polarity of the collector and the emitter. In practice, the emitter region is usually doped more heavily to facilitate the transport of electrons in one direction, so reversing the component leads to compromised performance.
> The idealized drawing of a BJT might imply that it should be a bidirectional device, working equally well if you reverse the polarity of the collector and the emitter. In practice, the emitter region is usually doped more heavily to facilitate the transport of electrons in one direction, so reversing the component leads to compromised performance.