Transistor Junction

Llanes, Shyrell Katrin D.

Malayan Colleges Laguna
shykatrin07@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This experiment demonstrates a basic

understanding of transistor fundamentals. It test
transistor junctions using transistor and the
results are verified with a multimeter. It also
determines the proper biasing and circuit voltages
using a PNP current control unit. The result are
also verified with a multimeter.

KEYWORDS

Transistors
Junctions
Diode
Collector
Emitter

INTRODUCTION

RESULTS

Table 1. Result in Exercise 5-1.

 when base current was provided to the
transistor. When the base current was
removed, the transistor was switch off, and
the LED was off too. We also observed that
the transistor acts as an amplifier because the
small base current can control a larger
collector current.

We have noticed that diodes, which are Zener

and a light emitting diode, has a different
symbol from one another. We also noticed
that the emitter arrow symbol points toward
the PNP and away from the NPN.

We learned that semiconductor diode

consists of PN junction made up of positively
and negatively doped areas of semiconductor
materials. Leaning that the positive are is the
anode and the negative area is the cathode.
We have observed that when CR1 has a
current flowing in it, it is in forward biased,
and when we have observed no current
flowing in it, it is in reversed biased. Therefor
we can conclude that a diode is in forward
biased if it has a current flowing from it and
it is in reversed biased if there is no current
flowing in it.

REFERENCES
EE lab manual (electronics and electrical
engineering laboratory manual )

Semiconductors: Experiment (2007). Retrieved

from https://www.uni-
muenster.de/Physik.AP/Purwins/Research-
Summary/07Semiconductors,_Experiment.pdf

CONCLUSIONS

It was concluded that transistor operating as

a switch by noting that current flowed
through the transistor’s collector and LED