Transistors for the very Newbie

Hi,

I have had a look on the web and can't quite find what I want.

1. A simple explanation as to how a transistor works.

2. How transistors work in computer memory, BIOS, and processors.

3. The importance of transistors in computers.

If you have come across some easily understandable sites, pleas post the URL's.

Thanks

S

 

Try this and may be you can get all what you wanted to know

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/diode4.htm

Allen

 

Visit http://www.intel.com/education/transworks/index.htm

Animesh Maurya

 

Ho hummm. I wouldn't bother. Right off the bat its wrong as to how a
transistor operates.

Kevin Aylward

http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
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Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.

 

Your assumption is wrong.

I am not a student

 

I am not.

Of course I have done research. I am looking for advice

 

We're all students grass hopper.

Kevin Aylward

http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.

 

Applying a voltage between the base and emitter inject charge carriers
into the base, where upon they are swept up into the collector due to
the high accelerating voltage at the base collector.

The same as they do in op-amps.

Ho.. hummm. they make them work.

Kevin Aylward

http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.

 

Hi species,

Probably the best thing is to learn how semiconductors work, here is a link
to a page:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

hth,

Joe