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Learn Electronics Transistors

Transistors 101: The Building Blocks of Your Favorite Gadgets

Reading Time: 16 minutesWhat is a Transistor? A transistor is a semiconductor device that serves as a fundamental building block in modern electronics. It is primarily used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. Transistors are composed of semiconductor materials of either P-type or N-type, where these materials are sandwiched together to form P-N junctions. These junctions […]

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Types of Electronic Switches and Their Characteristics

Reading Time: 11 minutesA switch in electronics is a device or component that completes a circuit electrically. Electronic Switches An electronic switch is a switch that has no physical contacts or moving parts — like an electromechanical switch — that is operated by electric signals within a circuit. Electric switches are strictly controlled by active electronic components within […]

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