When is a transistor not a.............

[Paul Perry]

At 11:48 AM 3/11/98, Dr S Grainger  wrote:

>	With the base-collector connection made there is a pretty
>	solid feedback path (the shunt resistor value = 0) This has the
>	effect of producing a 'diode' with a wider dynamic range than
>	a 2-terminal device. Also to reduce the resultant circuit's dependance
>	on the device parameters
.....I dont think it is going to act as a transistor, so I dont think ther
will be much in the way of feedback......
not my field, though.....
anyone want to say what it looks like in simulation? (though a rather
pathological case)

paul perry melbourne australia