Seriously, this is bad.If you're gonna try explaining transistors you need to go into the p-type and n-type materials and explain the behaviour of the electrons and the "holes" (the electron-vacancies). I didn't bother reading through the article, but (as it was in my Analog Electronics course I took last semester) a simple schematic of a BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor) and it's doped materials is the first place to start.I also ask: why is this front page?
The problem with this article is that it is far too technical for any of you who aren't Electrical Engineers (or in certain cases, Computer Engineers, depending on if you went to a Software focus institution or a Hardware focus institution). Furthermore, it is advertised as explaining what a transistor is and how it works, not what the common applications are and how to build a circuit around them.It also reeks of 4th grade science teacher, using images that look like they've existed from the beginning of time, and really spastic language....it's better than just linking to Wikipedia (or the Google results for "How a transistor works"), but not by much.
Glancing through this website, I would say this is a "How basic analog circuits work" and not a "How transistors work" website.I would peg the level of diffculty of this material at about a 1st or 2nd year electrical engineering program.
synaesthesiaJun 7, 2006
Dont post things that are just OK, post things that are freakin awesome.
warreng1983Jun 7, 2006
Seriously, this is bad.If you're gonna try explaining transistors you need to go into the p-type and n-type materials and explain the behaviour of the electrons and the "holes" (the electron-vacancies). I didn't bother reading through the article, but (as it was in my Analog Electronics course I took last semester) a simple schematic of a BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor) and it's doped materials is the first place to start.I also ask: why is this front page?
geminitojanusJun 7, 2006
The problem with this article is that it is far too technical for any of you who aren't Electrical Engineers (or in certain cases, Computer Engineers, depending on if you went to a Software focus institution or a Hardware focus institution). Furthermore, it is advertised as explaining what a transistor is and how it works, not what the common applications are and how to build a circuit around them.It also reeks of 4th grade science teacher, using images that look like they've existed from the beginning of time, and really spastic language....it's better than just linking to Wikipedia (or the Google results for "How a transistor works"), but not by much.
metadffJun 7, 2006
Glancing through this website, I would say this is a "How basic analog circuits work" and not a "How transistors work" website.I would peg the level of diffculty of this material at about a 1st or 2nd year electrical engineering program.