Technology 4 ESO – Unit 2 ELECTRONICS page 22 activity 16

Watch the video on “How Does a Transistor Work?” and answer:

  • a)  Is pure silicon an electrical conductor? Why?
  • b)  What is “doping”?
  • c)  Why do we “inject” Boron on Silicon?
  • d)  What is the “Gate” of a transistor?
  • e)  When is a transistor on “conduction mode”?
  • f)  In digital electronics, when is a transistor sending a “1” and when is it sending a “0”?
  • g)  What type of transistor is shown on the video?