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The Tiny Switch That Runs Every Computer and Gadget

Nearly every piece of technology you use—from smartphones to computers—relies on one revolutionary component: the transistor.
Hackaday

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Reverse Biasing An NPN BJT

For the Component Abuse Challenge our hacker [Tim Williams] observes that N-P-N reads the same way forwards and backwards, so ...
EDN

A current mirror reduces Early effect

Equal resistors R added in series with both emitters will develop voltages Vr = I1*R and I2*R that will be equal if the ...
IEEE

Real-Time Diagnosis Based on Signal Convolution-Pooling Processing and Shared Filter Learning for Transistor Open-Circuit Faults in a T-Type Inverter

Abstract: This article proposes a data-driven method based on signal convolution pooling for real-time fault diagnosis in T-type inverters. The model is composed of an auxiliary neural network and a ...
IEEE

Analysis and Fault-Tolerant Operation of IGBT Multi Transistor Open Circuit Faults in DBSRC Converters

Abstract: With the continuous development of power electronic devices and technology, dual bridge series resonant DC-DC converter (DBSRC) has become the main converter topology used in the new ...