Monday 13 February 2017

How do BJT transistors work in a saturated state?


This is what I know about NPN BJTs (Bipolar Junction Transistors):



  • The Base-Emitter current is amplified HFE times at Collector-Emitter, so that Ice = Ibe * HFE

  • Vbe is the voltage between Base-Emitter, and, like any diode, is usually around 0,65V. I don't remember about Vec, though.

  • If Vbe is lower than the minimum threshold, then the transistor is open and no current passes through any of its contacts. (okay, maybe a few µA of leak current, but that's not relevant)


But I still have some questions:




  • How the transistor works when it is saturated?

  • Is it possible to have the transistor in open state, under some condition other than having Vbe lower than the threshold?


In addition, feel free to point (in answers) any mistakes I made in this question.


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