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>My understanding is that in theory two diodes can provide (at least some of) the functionality of a transistor. very false. bipolar junction transistors have
by hatsunearu 9y ago
>My understanding is that in theory two diodes can provide (at least some of) the functionality of a transistor.
very false. bipolar junction transistors have the structure of two diodes back to back but just because you sandwich two diodes doesn't mean it's automatically a transistor. the middle material has to be lightly doped and must be also very thin, or else it won't "trans" much.
- brudgers 9y agoSorry for not being as clear as I would have liked. I am not sure that current semiconductor approaches are relevant to the work of the lab. The analogy may be that the lab is developing a technical approach that is different from current techniques in a manner similar to the way semiconductors were different from vacuum tube techniques.