EDN

Error compensation improves bipolar-current sinks

You can improve a current sink’s accuracy by at least two orders of magnitude by adding two standard 1%-tolerance resistors. As a bonus, you also compensate for errors that a low-current-gain pass ...
IEEE

Analysis of hot carrier-induced degradation of Horizontal Current Bipolar Transistor (HCBT)

Abstract: The relative contribution of the hot electrons and hot holes to the reliability degradation of the Horizontal Current Bipolar Transistor (HCBT) is investigated by TCAD simulations. The base ...
Electronic Design

Ramp Compensation for Current-Mode Converters

A peak current-mode power supply is subject to subharmonic oscillations if two conditions are met: the converter operates in the continuous conduction A peak current-mode power supply is subject to ...
IEEE

Design and evaluation of a voltage-mode/current-mode hybrid logic circuit for a low-power fine-grain reconfigurable VLSI

Abstract: This paper proposes a low-power two-variable logic circuit based on mixed voltage-mode/current-mode logic design. The voltage- and current-mode operations ...
EDN

Use a transistor and an ammeter to measure inductance

Bipolar junction transistors transfera current from a lower-resistanceemitter to a higher-resistance collector.You can use this property to measureinductance by ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between PNP and NPN Transistors?

The transistor is probably the most important invention in electronic engineering and the basis for nearly all integrated circuits (ICs). The transistor is a three-terminal electronic device that can ...