Hi, why transitors have 3 legs?

[Little Wilma]

Why not 2 legs like everybody else?
Thank you so mugs

 

[hamilton]

Why not 2 legs like everybody else?
Thank you so mugs

Wilma,

I have three legs, one is just shorter then the other two.

Same with transistors, the short one controls the other two.

hamilton

 

[JW]

Wilma,

I have three legs, one is just shorter then the other two.

Same with transistors, the short one controls the other two.

An Excellent answer!

 

[Lord Valve]

Why not 2 legs like everybody else?
Thank you so mugs

Those are actually just fuses.

You can fix pretty near anything by replacing the blown
three-legged fuses.

Lord Valve

 

[tm]

That was a pretty base observation.


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Don't you mean baseless?

 

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Don't you mean baseless?

No, it's pretty well grounded.

 

[Winston]

A two legged transistor could be a collector's item.

You are showing your bias.

--Winston

 

[Joerg]

Why not 2 legs like everybody else?
Thank you so mugs

Sometimes they are too inebriated and then they would fall over on just
two legs

 

[tm]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:55:26 -0700 (PDT), George Herold

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That's a great teaching aid.


Thanks

 

[John S]

Sometimes they are too inebriated and then they would fall over on just
two legs

They even fall over when uninebriated if they have only two legs. Think
of a milking stool.

 

[Joerg]

They even fall over when uninebriated if they have only two legs. Think
of a milking stool.

Not if you bend the leads so each leg has a "foot"

 

[Jamie]

Wilma,

I have three legs, one is just shorter then the other two.

Same with transistors, the short one controls the other two.

hamilton

I thought the short leg had no conscience?

Jamie

 

[Joerg]

I thought the short leg had no conscience?

Maybe it's meant as political control. Then it doesn't need a conscience

 

[Jamie]

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Lets us not forget the negative voltage effect that
will give you a pulse generator with only 2 leads of a NPN.

Of course, this discovery led to the tunnel diode.

And also, the photo transistor.

Jamie

 

[tm]

Lets us not forget the negative voltage effect that
will give you a pulse generator with only 2 leads of a NPN.

Of course, this discovery led to the tunnel diode.

And also, the photo transistor.

Jamie

And the B-E zener.

 

[Jamie]

And the B-E zener.

I guess if you want to kill the use of it as a transistor.

Jamie

 

[John S]

Of course a political control needs a conscience - it needs to know when what it does is going to upset some non-politicians. It's just that politicians seem to be able to ignore their consciences from time to time.

Bill has no sense of humor.

 

[John S]

Not if you bend the leads so each leg has a "foot"

Yes. But, that takes a keen eye and some adjustment.

 

[Jamie]

Bill has no sense of humor.

That's because he has no sense.. What would you have expected otherwise?

Jamie

 

[Jamie]

Useless rhetorical excremental statements.


Jamie