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

[Rob Brzykcy]

BTW, AFAIK, the transistors also add a sort of variable instantaneous capacitance.
But next we go on to trying to figure out where a specific electron is in a
semiconductor.. ;)

Going a little too deep,
Rob

Can you tell I used to want to be a physics major? :))

Dr S Grainger wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>         Adding my 10p (not on Euros yet !!) to the diode-connected
>         transistor debate the essence seems to be feedback.
>
>         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 wonder also if it improves the noise performance ?
>
>         Steve G