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When investigated with an ohm-meter, a transistor resembles two diodes

connected "back-to-back". But you can't make a transistor by connecting

two diodes back-to-back.

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Can you use transistor as diode?

its the simplest thing to do. There are three legs in a transistor, one each of collector, base and emitter. So if you need to use it as a diode, just connect either collector-base or emitter-base. Say, if you use an NPN transistor, then the base region will be the anode of diode and emitter or collector will be the cathode of the diode.


The metal lead of p type of one pn diode connected to the metal lead of p type of another pn diode makes a npn transistor?

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How can the bipolar junction transistor be used as a diode?

A: Yes it can but why ? This is frequently done when the diode is used for biasing purposes on another transistor and must be matched identically to the transistor's E-B junction characteristics. Thus 2 matched transistors are used with one just being used as a diode.


Which is better as a switch diode or transistor?

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Can you use diode as trangister?

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Can diode be used as transister?

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Can you use transistor as a rectifier?

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