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SL100 TransistorPinout |SL100 TransistorDatasheet

November 18, 2016

Transistors are the basic building blocks of integrated circuits (IC). Every electronic gadget you can possibly imagine today uses
transistors. The development started o with vacuum tubes and lead to the transistor as the BJT we see today. A bipolar junction
transistor(BJT) is a type oftransistorthat uses bothelectronandholeas charge carriers. BJTs can be classied into two types, NPN and
PNP transistors. An NPN transistor consists of layer of p-dopedsemiconductor between two n-doped layers. Whereas a PNP transistor
consists of n-doped semiconductor between two p-doped layers. The most common example in usage being the SL100 transistor.

Sl100 transistor is a general purpose, medium power NPN transistor. Being a general purpose transistor makes the SL100 transistor open
to a wide spectrum of electronic applications. Major applications range from general switching, manufacture of logic gates, amplication
and sound reproduction, radio transmission and signal processing. However, its generally used as a switch in common emitter
conguration.

The transistor terminals require a xed DC voltage to operate in the desired region of its characteristic curves. This is known as the
biasing. SL100 transistor is biased toremain fully ON if there is a signal at its base. It is turned OFF completely in the absence of base
signal.

Depending on the transistor biasing and the circuits connected to it, the transistor acts either as an amplier or as a switch. When acting
as an amplier, the transistor can transmit or receive radio signals, perform analog mathematical calculations, generate wave-forms
among other functions. When acting as a switch the circuit can turn on/o a light, motor, perform digital logic or mathematical
operations, fetch and decode computer instructions and the like. The pin diagram of a typical SL100 transistor is given below.

Pin Diagram of SL100 transistor

A SL100 transistor has 3 terminals namely a collector, a base and an emitter. A protruding edge in the
transistor case indicates the emitter. The base is nearest to the emitter while collector lies at the other
extreme of the casing.

The datasheet for SL100 transistor is available at SL100 transistor datasheet.

SL100 transistor is very cheap and readily available in market, which fetches them wide range of applications in various circuits. A SL100
transistor is sucient enough to construct a simple continuity tester circuit, which gives visual and audio outputs when the continuity
present at the probes. Other circuits usingSL100 transistors are automated water level indicator, rain detector alarm circuit. Automatic
street light circuit, automatic emergency lights, beeper circuit, gas sensor alarm circuit, automatic voltage stabilizer, solar charger are also
some applications.

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