How convenient! Now that we’ve isolated which pins of the switch need to be connected, we can breadboard a quick circuit with out BJT based switch controller and test it out. When the right lead ...

Prior knowledge needed: ECEA 5630 Semiconductor Physics, ECEA 5631 Diode Junction and Metal Semiconductor Contact, Understanding of active semiconductor devices, basic electronics, Circuits & Systems ...

Also called a "bipolar junction transistor" (BJT), it is one of two major transistor categories; the other is "field-effect transistor" (FET). Although the first transistor was bipolar and the ...