Hackaday

Biasing That Transistor Part 4: Don’t Forget The FET

Over the recent weeks here at Hackaday, we’ve been taking a look at the humble transistor. In a series whose impetus came from a friend musing upon his students arriving with highly developed ...
EDN

ON Semi’s output audio transistors eliminate thermal lag and bias in high-fidelity amps

Phoenix, Ariz. — Today On Semiconductor is using the International Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) in Las Vegas to show off a new family of output audio transistors with internal bias control that ...
Hackaday

pnp transistor

In the early days, PNP bipolar transistors were common, but the bulk of circuits you see today use NPN transistors. As [Aaron Danner] points out, many people think PNP transistors are “backward” but ...
Electronic Design

Biasing the TL431 for Improved Output Impedance

The TL431 is a well-known voltage reference integrated circuit used in Switch-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) feedback loops. Combining a reference voltage and an open ...