CnA1Lk 13

1kANSIS1CkS
SUMMAk
A LranslsLor ls a Lhree Lermlnal elecLronlc devlce whlch ampllfles a weak lnpuL slgnal
2 A blpolar [uncLlon LranslsLor ls a Lhreelayer sandwlch of doped semlconducLor
maLerlals 1hese maLerlals can elLher be n or nn
3 1he [uncLlon beLween emlLLer and base ls called emlLLer base emlLLerbase [uncLlon or
emlLLer [uncLlon
4 1he [uncLlon beLween base and collecLor ls called collecLorbase [uncLlon or collecLor
[uncLlon
3 1he emlLLer and collecLor are made up of same Lype of semlconducLor whereas Lhe
base ls made up of oLher Lype of semlconducLor
6 1 LranslsLors are of Lwo Lypes namely [uncLlon fleld effecL LranslsLors (!1) and meLal
oxlde semlconducLors (MCS1)
7 !1 can be of elLher nchannel Lype or channel Lype
8 !1 ls used ln ampllflers speakers mlcrophones and Lelephone slgnals boosLers
9 hoLoLranslsLors are llghL deLecLors LhaL posses lnLernal galn 1hey are used Lo provlde
an analog or dlglLal ouLpuL slgnal
hoLoLranslsLors are used ln L llghL source coln counLers and loLLery card readers