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Uploaded by on Oct 13, 2009

n electronics, a transistor is a semiconductor device commonly used to amplify or switch electronic signals. A transistor is made of a solid piece of a semiconductor material, with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals changes the current flowing through another pair of terminals. Because the controlled (output) power can be much more than the controlling (input) power, the transistor provides amplification of a signal.

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  • whaat? i dont understnad where to connect my middle lead to in order to make it conduct

  • there is no such thing as current flow.. but thnks to these vid i got an idea on how it work..

  • nice try....

  • @Elliottslingsby Make sense but if you want to know how transistor REALLY works, a 2 min description won't suffice. Most books don't talk in detail how it really works.

    And this is like a brush-over-topic vid. Not explaining HOW it really works.

  • Makes sense

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