How a transistor works

Name: How a transistor works
Description: Ben Eater gives a detailed look at how an NPN bipolar junction transistor works and what it does. It is an eleven-minute explanation aimed at building real understanding of the device.

Ben Eater

Ben Eater gives a detailed look at how an NPN bipolar junction transistor works and what it does. It is an eleven-minute explanation aimed at building real understanding of the device.

HN commenters prefer it over other transistor explanations as an enlightening starting point that leads into building logic gates and a CPU.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2020–2023

Topics

Electronics & circuit design
Semiconductors & chip manufacturing

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