"TeGGeR®" > wrote in
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> Randolph > wrote in
> :
>
>> The
>> data sheet shows the diode between emitter and collector.
>
>
> So then it wouldn't make much sense to try and show it.
>
> Randolph, I'm having trouble understanding the current path through
> the transistor. I found this page:
> http://nobelprize.org/physics/educat...tion/thegame.h
> tml
>
> It helps me understand more, but I don't get which way the current
> goes through the base electrode. I have a suspicion that my diagrams
> show the current going the wrong way through the transistor.
> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ignit...ion/index.html
>
>
>

There's two current paths;the B-E path and the C-E path(main path).
Current flows the opposite direction of the emitter arrow,for both base and
collector currents.

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