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Transistors: As A Switch and Applications: Group 7 Peligrin Bulahan Balboa Quiño

A transistor can function as a simple switch, conducting current between its collector and emitter terminals only when a voltage is applied to its base terminal. An ideal transistor switch has two states - off when no or low base voltage is present, and on when the base is saturated, allowing unrestricted collector current flow. The document provides an example circuit diagram of an NPN transistor switching an LED on or off.

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Transistors: As A Switch and Applications: Group 7 Peligrin Bulahan Balboa Quiño

A transistor can function as a simple switch, conducting current between its collector and emitter terminals only when a voltage is applied to its base terminal. An ideal transistor switch has two states - off when no or low base voltage is present, and on when the base is saturated, allowing unrestricted collector current flow. The document provides an example circuit diagram of an NPN transistor switching an LED on or off.

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TRANSISTORS: As A Switch

and Applications
Group 7
Peligrin
Bulahan
Balboa
Quiño
• One of the most common uses for transistors in an electronic circuit is
as simple switches. In short, a transistor conducts current across the
collector-emitter path only when a voltage is applied to the base.
When no base voltage is present, the switch is off. When base voltage
is present, the switch is on.
• In an ideal switch, the transistor should be in only one of two states:
off or on. The transistor is off when there’s no bias voltage or when
the bias voltage is less than 0.7 V. The switch is on when the base is
saturated so that collector current can flow without restriction.
• This is a schematic diagram for a circuit that uses an NPN transistor as
a switch that turns an LED on or off.

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