Timeline for Why is my transistor ON when charge is only going to the base?
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| Jul 16, 2014 at 16:50 | comment | added | Wouter van Ooijen | True, but totally irrelevant: the question is about a BJT. | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 16:35 | comment | added | Ben Voigt | Using an NFET instead of NPN would reduce the base current to essentially zero. | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 15:22 | vote | accept | Josh Beam | ||
| Jul 16, 2014 at 12:20 | comment | added | Wouter van Ooijen | totally expected | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 11:40 | comment | added | Josh Beam | +1 for the equation explanation. So in other words, the behavior I see is completely expected based on how the transistor is supposed to function? | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 11:35 | history | answered | Wouter van Ooijen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |