by saturating the junctions it becomes a low resistance current path from a relatively hi impedance.
it acts as a direct switch by usingg a battery. it is also used in transistors
A Transistor is an electronic device which amplifies electrical signals, or acts as a switch. Most of the research on Transistors was performed by Shockley in 1947. That was when, the advantages of the solid state device similar in function to a Triode Vacuum tube were understood and implemented. The basic advantage was compactness..
Resistors and MOSFET/ transistors are two different animals, sory but
which part of an operon acts as the on or off switch?
Depending on how the transistor is biased and various other circuits connected to it, a transistor acts as an amplifier and/or switch. When acting as an amplifier the circuit containing the transistor can do things like transmit or receive radio signals, perform analog mathematical calculations, generate waveforms, etc. When acting as a switch the circuit containing the transistor can do things like turn on/off a light, turn on/off a motor, perform digital logic or mathematical operations, fetch and decode computer instructions, etc. Exactly what a transistor can do is really only limited by the system requirements and the designer's imagination as to how to meet those requirements. There are several different types of transistors: bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), field effect transistors (FETs), unijunction transistors (UJTs), programmable unijunction transistors (PUJTs), spacitors, surface barrier transistors (SBTs), tetrode transistors (TTs), point contact transistors (PCTs), etc.
Depending on how the transistor is biased and various other circuits connected to it, a transistor acts as an amplifier and/or switch. When acting as an amplifier the circuit containing the transistor can do things like transmit or receive radio signals, perform analog mathematical calculations, generate waveforms, etc. When acting as a switch the circuit containing the transistor can do things like turn on/off a light, turn on/off a motor, perform digital logic or mathematical operations, fetch and decode computer instructions, etc. Exactly what a transistor can do is really only limited by the system requirements and the designer's imagination as to how to meet those requirements. There are several different types of transistors: bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), field effect transistors (FETs), unijunction transistors (UJTs), programmable unijunction transistors (PUJTs), spacitors, surface barrier transistors (SBTs), tetrode transistors (TTs), point contact transistors (PCTs), etc.
Depending on how the transistor is biased and various other circuits connected to it, a transistor acts as an amplifier and/or switch. When acting as an amplifier the circuit containing the transistor can do things like transmit or receive radio signals, perform analog mathematical calculations, generate waveforms, etc. When acting as a switch the circuit containing the transistor can do things like turn on/off a light, turn on/off a motor, perform digital logic or mathematical operations, fetch and decode computer instructions, etc. Exactly what a transistor can do is really only limited by the system requirements and the designer's imagination as to how to meet those requirements. There are several different types of transistors: bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), field effect transistors (FETs), unijunction transistors (UJTs), programmable unijunction transistors (PUJTs), spacitors, surface barrier transistors (SBTs), tetrode transistors (TTs), point contact transistors (PCTs), etc.
essentially a switch controlled by an electrical current
Transistors
In a microprocessor, field-effect transistors behave as electrically-controlled switches.
A zener diode cannot be used as switch.
ECMs use large scale integrated circuits that are usually embedded in epoxy. They do not contain discrete transistors and are generally not designed to be serviced.