Emitter (Noun)
Meaning
The electrode in a transistor where electrons originate.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The base-emitter junction in the transistor allowed current to flow when the voltage was applied.
- In a bipolar junction transistor, the emitter is the region that supplies charge carriers to the base.
- The emitter electrode was heavily doped to increase the transistor's current gain.
- In the PNP transistor, the emitter was made of p-type semiconductor material.
- The emitter-base junction was reverse-biased to allow the transistor to function as an amplifier.