28 Apr
2009
28 Apr
'09
8:34 p.m.
A friggin piece of wire has a gain of 1 !!!!
/ steven
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Mark Tapley wrote:
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:41:49 -0500
> From: Mark Tapley <mtapley at swri.edu>
> Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Transistors...
>
> At 12:00 -0500 4/28/09, Jonas wrote:
>> Two diodes connected back to back will never be anything but two diodes
>> connected back to back. No current gain *at all*.
>
> Is 1.0 (as in, output current = base current times 1.0) a "gain"? I
suppose
it's a
legitimate value of hfe (I grant, it's not a useful value).
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- Mark 210-379-4635
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A current gain of one could be useful if you had power gain, something you
will not have with two diodes....
Peter Wallace