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Over 55 years ago (when I was 10) I was given a birthday present of a simple electronics kit. Several things could be made from it... from buzzers to flashing lights, to even a simple SW radio. While I had no idea at the time what was happening (in terms of the Physics), and needed only to follow very clear instructions as to how to wire the components, the fact that "joining all these bits" in different ways resulted in things with very different properties was very exciting. Now - over half a century later - I discover this remarkable video that beautifully explains the inner workings! Excellent material.
you didn't study electronics then you studied how to use certain electronic components in a very limited setup Like ohm's law, how to power a LED using a battery and a resistor. And that's probably it
Because teachers are not allowed by gov to teach magic tricks in unis or colleges so you can become smart. They show you only rubbish stuff so they can discourage you from learning and stay dum. Shame on education gov teacher, they teach good stuff only to rich idiots.
I've been an Electrician for years, but Electronics has always been a bit of a dark art to me, these videos are great! really well explained, good job!
@MikeProductions1000 I'm a dual trade instrumentation technician/electrician. While fault finding (eg. a motor circuit) yes we will follow schematic drawings or wiring diagrams to diagnose a fault however some pieces of equipment may not have available drawings so you definitely need to be able to fault find without drawings.
@MikeProductions1000 most of the time working on industrial/commercial jobs, the installations are old and if you ask the customer for the drawings, they look at you as if you've got 2 heads 😂
This is one of "THE" best educational content I've ever seen... You explained both Diode and Transistor in 1 video and you did it in 18 minutes... That's just awesome...✌️✌️
In 1966 I was a Marine stationed at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina. My Company Commander sent me to a 4 week course on transistors. About 99% of the transceiver equipment in the Corps at that time used tubes. I graduated first in my class and was rewarded by my Commander by a promotion to Corporal. Imagine sitting in a class for 7 hours a day for 4 weeks just learning about transistors. We went into detailed theory and saw movies on the process of manufacturing all forms of transistors; plus we did lots of lab work where we built transistor circuits and learned how to troubleshoot them. I'm 75 now but still remember much of what I learned in that course. After I left the Corps in 1968 I became an Electrical Engineer and worked mostly with communications receivers and sonar until 2012 when I retired. I had a great career and now I mostly goof off on the 5 country acres my wife, 4 cats, and I live on. Cheers to all.
My dad was a tv repair - tubes were big money and he started a small business selling components. Today Tv's and phones are throw-away and small things replace huge items of the past. I am 70 now finished off my Career doing CAD for a civil engineering firm in Seattle.
This is by far the best explanation of basic transistors that I have ever watched! And I’ve watched many many of them. I used to work in a semiconductor physics lab, and you have explained it better than the professor did, in clearer and more easily assimilated terms. This kind of stuff is really needed by many people. Kudos to you 👍
@@jamest3552 I don’t really think that’s true…. I just think a lot of professors never intended to be teachers and are just really bad at conveying their knowledge to other people.
A conventional current is true because the current isn't just flow of electrons. In electrical current, all charged particles move. Including positive. Positively charged particles flow in one direction, negatively charged - in opposite.
@@EngineeringMindset can you go over harmonic distortion? A video on that. I just heard of that at my job, also more three phase stuff if possible your videos are amazing!
I am an electronics engineer, working in Core field since last 2 years.... 4 years of graduation studies and 2 years of practical work... But the clarity I got on how a transistor works is *TODAY* ❤️ UR ANIMATION IS BEAUTIFUL... LOVE FROM INDIA 👍
It's great to look back on transistor theory, I am a qualified ex TV engineer from back in the early 80,s to late 90,s. I've replaced so many transistor s it's difficult to quantify. From Audio visual I went into medical lasers and had a wonderful career. These videos are very easy to understand, and invaluable. Thanks.
50 years ago, the emphasis was on "hole flow" in the U. S. Navy electronics technician school. I didn't fully understand how transistors worked until I took an engineering correspondence course. Your explanation is easier to understand.
I was so confused by the explanation of our professor. This is so much clearer and I finally understand how this little component works. Hope there will be a follow-up video on JFET and MOSFET in the future.
I wish my professors had explained electronics so effectively. Electronics was never so easy for me. Thank you for these videos, I am now able to understand things better rather than remembering them.
@@Scolar69 it is the professor's problem they're supposed to be skilled teachers, if they can't teach a subject like this in a time limit, they are not worth paying for
My tuition to a technical college was sponsored by a major corporation to learn these same theories. I hope people realize the value of information like this which is shared freely...
Echoing the majority of comments, this has to be one of the clearest explanation of transistor theory. My initial training was 1988 for aviation electronics/USN, and while I did 6 months there graduating 1 of 34 I didn't quite "get" the transistor until very recently. And now.. it's just about crystal clear. Beats the old as dirt training we received in TN back then, hands down. I'm in my 50's now getting back into the mix, and relearning my old trade with resources like this is awesome. Thank you for putting the time in here, much appreciated.
thankyou @EngineeringMindset, it so helpful to me.I have a suggestion for u that for this video you have to place the video from 7 minute in the beginning to know what exactly transistor is, then explain how it works.
From last 3 day our tution teacher is explaining this whole topic but i didnt even understand a single point of it. But within 18 minutes you teach in the simplest way which i dont think anyone could explain this to me. Thank you.
oh Man! You explained what they taught me in Electronics Engineering course in one semester in just a 18 min video with much more clarity. Thanks a lot. This is one of the best educational video.
you are really lucky to learn that i one semester. I am a computer science student and i had to learn 100 slides about semi-conductors , diodes , Transistors in 45 minutes
I used to believe I wasn't proficient in academics, as it took me seven years to complete my Btech course, and I ultimately couldn't achieve success, leading to my dropout. However, upon viewing this video, I have come to recognize that the primary responsibility for my struggles should be attributed to the teacher who instructed the subject. Now, having watched this video, I find that I can effortlessly grasp the same material that once posed challenges for me. Thank you very much for saving me.
I came, I saw, I subscribed! EDIT: after checking the videos, I conclude that this channel is a gem! I really admire and respect your effort put into this and also your ability to simplify things in order to explain them like this.
I love this video, it's so helpful. I use npn and pnp type sensors connected to an arduino very often, but I'm a little bit confused as to the circuitry involved. A video on npn/pnp type sensors and how they connect to microcontrollers would be really great!
5:36 your diagrams are brilliant. Thank you so much. NO amount of reading was able to get me to visualize that the current passed through the base was going through the emitter and not just staying there. I thought a current HAD to be going into the collector to get any output through the emitter. Thanks!
The inventors of the transistor, Shockley, Bardeen,and Bratain certainly deserved that noble prize! It was the discovery that changed the world for sure!
10 years of studying. 5 years of professional experience and now finally I understood the concept. It was so amazing to see such an animation. Really loved it from my heart!!
Excellent! I wish I had this clear an explanation when I took electronics courses at University. This gives a real understanding of the workings of a fundamental electronic component. Please keep up the good work! Bob
It is not common for me to feel educated. Today you have made me feel educated. My deepest gratitude to all those who contributed any to this video and its creation. Thank you. Sincerely.
I study in one of the best universities in Germany and my professor is one of the best researchers in this field. yet your the best resources out there.
Please keep making videos. These are so much more helpful than reading it in a book. Love that you return to the fundamentals before moving on to the more advanced ideas. Well done
Great explanation, I've been dealing and electronics for about 45-50 years now. Work for one of the major communication companies for 36 years. Today is April 4th 2022
You have got my subscription. Its clear, concise, straight to the point and goes over everything you need to know. Thank you so much dude! I would love a video of how they work together in computers if you don’t already have one.
Omg thanks a lot! I learnt this chapter twice and still didn't understand but saw your video once understood everything capacitance, inductors and transistors. Really like the way you compare it to water pipes very good comparison thanks a lot. you might have just increased my physics marks in my upcoming test. thanks😀
Keep uploading sir👍😁 you helping people who interested in electronics and cant pay semester just like me😁 its better to watch your channel than go to school 😉😁thank u so much, i learn a lot of this channel😁👍Godbless to you sir🙏🏻💛😁
I am 3rd year ECE student and i can confidently say that the majority of what you can learn in uni, is packed in these few minutes of videos, just take time to understand. Well aside from learning how to please the professor to squeeze a few more points. thankyou sirs!
I can't thank enough for this video. Didn't understand anything on online classes and was too lazy to prepare myself. And you explained everything clearly in 18 mins my professor couldn't in a week.
I am a mathematician working as a software developer. I hadn't studied any eletronics or even IT. I learnt programming by myself, but I was always wondering how it is possible for computers to operate. With your great job I am much more closer to understand those things. You are doing excellent content
I wish this video existed 10 years ago. Some professors aren't adept at simplifying concepts so I had to teach myself a lot, so to speak. I'm on an entirely different field now, but this video is a very nice refresher.
I always wondered why the arrows in transistors and diodes pointed the opposite direction to electron flow. I'd also heard transistors described as essentially two back-to-back diodes, but couldn't wrap my head around that analogy. Now I have answers to both of those! Thank you!
I was waiting for this video since you uploaded the community post. Amazing explanation! I love how you use comprehensive analogies to explain seemingly complicated concepts✨
Very very interesting video. I studied electrical and electronic ennineering in the early 90 for the three years and oddly ended up going in to the health service and never using it. Recently my interest has peaked again in this area so these videos are much appreciated😊
Wah! Really amazed at explaining skills...any body and everybody can get the concept understood better than any instructors explaining it... Hats off...
I solder these transistors every day and never truly understood how they worker until now. Thank you so much for your simple and clever visual explanation.
Side note about conventional vs electron flow (which im sure is covered in the battery video, but i like explaining it, so here I go...) Imagine a pipe that contains a row of marbles. In order for a marble to move there must be a space for it to move into. To create a space for a marble to move into, ie a hole, you can remove one marble from the end and the rest of the marbles will shift forward one marble space. If you slow this down as you remove one marble from the end the next marble will shift into its position which now opens a space behind it for the next marble shift into, and so on down the line. As the marbles, ie electrons, shift in one direction the wave front of their motion, ie current, moves in the other. Moving electrons give rise to electrical current. Ergo to have current in one direction electron marbles move in the other. Grasping that concept was incredibly helpful to understanding more about how electricity and electronics work. Also this videos visuals of the doped regions of a transistor and how they function are miles above any other explanation I have ever seen. And I'm no spring chicken. Thumbs up.
Im an engineering student and i have an amazing instructor but even he couldnt properly explain how transistors worked to me. Your video helped me understand them before my exam. Congrats sir.
Brilliant explanation without mindless monotonal droning. Thank you so much. This actually helps me with some projects I've struggled with. The interwebs needs more content like this and fewer "watch me do my makeup" or "unbox the iPhone" videos.
Thanks! That's the first explanation I've seen that explains *why* the collector and emitter are different (the amount of doping), and why current flows in the one direction. (Other explanations show apparent symmetry between collector and emitter.) Explaining what causes it to amplify current was a bonus.
0:17: 💡 A transistor is an important electronic component that can act as a switch and amplify signals. 4:01: 🔌 This text explains how a transistor works and its applications. 6:38: 🔌 The video explains how transistors work and the direction of electron flow. 9:48: ⚡ The structure of a conductor atom, the role of valence and conduction bands, and the concept of doping in semiconductors. 12:50: ⚡ The process of forming a PN junction and its behavior in a transistor. 16:08: 💡 The video explains how a transistor works in a P-type material with reverse bias. Recap by Tammy AI
Ive seen countless videos on low level computing, even some series on people making breadboard computers and stuff, and yet only now have i found an explanation for transistors that i can somehow understand!
We've just started on electronics in automotive school. I've been watching your videos for help with fundamentals of electricity and other bits and bobs of knowledge. Not to mention, I was actually discussing diodes and transistors with my father earlier today. This video my good sir, has arrived just in time! :)
This is one of the best presentations of this information. I would love to see this level of detail in doing basic amplifier design, sizing resistors and capacitors to a particular application.
Thank you very very much!!! This was super helpful. Also the timing is uncanny too as it's my birthday today! Hell yeah! Best present ever from the internet lol Thanks a lot again, it's so BRILLIANTLY explained and the animations really drive the point home! I'm so glad I found this channel. I'll definitely be sharing this with my friends who'll also definitely benefit from this!
It is more useful than I expected. Please create a single complete video of transistors including definition, types with description, different among types, testing methods and how to be used in circuit. Thank you.
This is so well explained that it further cements the fact that your professor can make your academic ambitions a miserable endeavor if they are unable to explain concepts in simple ways
When I studied this in college, they only had the valence electron and this is the first I've heard about the conduction zone or band. It makes it easier to picture. Applying a signal will be a lot more interesting than a switching application, can't wait!
As a hobbyist who is playing around with some components, you make transistors change from an intimidating topic to a very approachable component. Thank you :)
Thank you for explaining the source of confusion related to electron flow in an electrical circuit: negative to positive; while conventional terminology will show a flow from positive to negative. I think the confusion is further exacerbated by the failure to distinguish between potential (voltage) and electron flow. I think of the positive side as a magnet attracting the electrons. The magnetic pull is in one direction, the electron flow in the other.
Love your videos because of the animations. They bring to life the concepts for many of my students. How about creating a Transistors 2 video that speaks on MOSFETs as well. Since these are ones that seem to be popular in designs. Thanks.
Absolutely fantastic video. Your graphics mated with your explanation made this easy to understand and memorable. It definitely will not be a forgotten lesson, and now I feel confident enough to instruct others when asked about it. Great work! I hope to find more of your videos explaining how these marvelous components operate. Also, I know that this video is older, but thank you for keeping it online.
When i watch your video it makes me fell good and sad in the same time. Cause good for a good content which makes me interesting to watch and sad for if i got this type of animated and proper content when i was learning for my education it would be too much easier and enjoyable learning for me. So thumbs up 👍👌 for good and hard working. Wishing you good and healthy life.
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Thank u so much
I have been waiting and waiting for a long time
Thanks so much
This is absolutely best video about transistor.thank you very much.❤️
I enjoy your videos but sometimes when you use conventional current I get really confused I'm used to electron flow
Over 55 years ago (when I was 10) I was given a birthday present of a simple electronics kit. Several things could be made from it... from buzzers to flashing lights, to even a simple SW radio. While I had no idea at the time what was happening (in terms of the Physics), and needed only to follow very clear instructions as to how to wire the components, the fact that "joining all these bits" in different ways resulted in things with very different properties was very exciting.
Now - over half a century later - I discover this remarkable video that beautifully explains the inner workings!
Excellent material.
I can help you with time travel
What a Nostalgic Story 👏
I got one too. Best gift ever! Never became an engineer tho, or an electrician. xD
@@kebman never too late...oh do you like hamhocks or neckbones in your collard greens 🤔
@@lawoull.6581 ??? 🤨
20 years after I had to study electronics at school, I finally understood how transistors work.
you didn't study electronics then
you studied how to use certain electronic components in a very limited setup
Like ohm's law, how to power a LED using a battery and a resistor. And that's probably it
@@xl000 that was true. And I still got a degree haha
Then got out in real world and found I was dumber than a box of rocks
Me too 10 years after, shame on education system!
Because teachers are not allowed by gov to teach magic tricks in unis or colleges so you can become smart. They show you only rubbish stuff so they can discourage you from learning and stay dum. Shame on education gov teacher, they teach good stuff only to rich idiots.
🤣😂😅
I've been an Electrician for years, but Electronics has always been a bit of a dark art to me, these videos are great! really well explained, good job!
@DON'T CLICK THIS VIDEO true
@MikeProductions1000 I'm a dual trade instrumentation technician/electrician. While fault finding (eg. a motor circuit) yes we will follow schematic drawings or wiring diagrams to diagnose a fault however some pieces of equipment may not have available drawings so you definitely need to be able to fault find without drawings.
@MikeProductions1000 most of the time working on industrial/commercial jobs, the installations are old and if you ask the customer for the drawings, they look at you as if you've got 2 heads 😂
This is one of "THE" best educational content I've ever seen... You explained both Diode and Transistor in 1 video and you did it in 18 minutes... That's just awesome...✌️✌️
In 1966 I was a Marine stationed at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina. My Company Commander sent me to a 4 week course on transistors. About 99% of the transceiver equipment in the Corps at that time used tubes. I graduated first in my class and was rewarded by my Commander by a promotion to Corporal. Imagine sitting in a class for 7 hours a day for 4 weeks just learning about transistors. We went into detailed theory and saw movies on the process of manufacturing all forms of transistors; plus we did lots of lab work where we built transistor circuits and learned how to troubleshoot them. I'm 75 now but still remember much of what I learned in that course. After I left the Corps in 1968 I became an Electrical Engineer and worked mostly with communications receivers and sonar until 2012 when I retired. I had a great career and now I mostly goof off on the 5 country acres my wife, 4 cats, and I live on. Cheers to all.
The aliens gave the military transistor tech
My dad was a tv repair - tubes were big money and he started a small business selling components.
Today Tv's and phones are throw-away and small things replace huge items of the past. I am 70 now
finished off my Career doing CAD for a civil engineering firm in Seattle.
@@zachk5249 What?
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This video is better than the instructors explanation at university 😐😐
Tell them to use our videos
This channel is already famous at MMU. However, I wish I can tell them to teach with the same passion..!!!
@@EngineeringMindset what a massive replay🙏
im saying. never going back to that hell lmaooo youtube university
@@posskat9747 Sadly YT has no labs for experiments
This is by far the best explanation of basic transistors that I have ever watched! And I’ve watched many many of them. I used to work in a semiconductor physics lab, and you have explained it better than the professor did, in clearer and more easily assimilated terms. This kind of stuff is really needed by many people. Kudos to you 👍
Yes, some professors specialize in confusing people. Some are completely numb about how to communicate.
you are right ,i am with you
Most professors want to feel superior so they confuse students so that few if any really catch on.
How do Mosfets work? Are they transistors too? What is the difference, apart from that they have different inputs and outputs?
@@jamest3552 I don’t really think that’s true….
I just think a lot of professors never intended to be teachers and are just really bad at conveying their knowledge to other people.
I am a finance student learning about transistors and almost understood 80% of it. This guy is a genius teacher. God bless you.
0:44 Heat sink and resin case
2:40 As a switch
4:19 As an amplifier
7:13 Diagram of BJT amplifier
15:31 Actual working
@DON'T CLICK THIS VIDEO Re-think your life
9:40 I almost fainted when I saw 4 electrons in 2nd orbit and 1 in 3rd orbit.
That's not how it works
Very helpful
@@rminstrel it clearly states simplified atom - Bohr model
A conventional current is true because the current isn't just flow of electrons. In electrical current, all charged particles move. Including positive. Positively charged particles flow in one direction, negatively charged - in opposite.
This is the BEST channel for clear explanations :D thank you!
Glad you think so!
I agree!!
@@EngineeringMindset can you go over harmonic distortion? A video on that. I just heard of that at my job, also more three phase stuff if possible your videos are amazing!
@@94mac reflections, and harmonic distortions.... What about voltage standing wave reflections? =D
Very true. I mean, he's just really good.
I am an electronics engineer, working in Core field since last 2 years.... 4 years of graduation studies and 2 years of practical work... But the clarity I got on how a transistor works is *TODAY* ❤️ UR ANIMATION IS BEAUTIFUL... LOVE FROM INDIA 👍
You became an electronics engineer without knowing how basic electronics work?
It's great to look back on transistor theory, I am a qualified ex TV engineer from back in the early 80,s to late 90,s. I've replaced so many transistor s it's difficult to quantify. From Audio visual I went into medical lasers and had a wonderful career. These videos are very easy to understand, and invaluable. Thanks.
50 years ago, the emphasis was on "hole flow" in the U. S. Navy electronics technician school. I didn't fully understand how transistors worked until I took an engineering correspondence course. Your explanation is easier to understand.
P side has holes and n side which flows through the holes and it immediately is transported to the current. BJT
I was so confused by the explanation of our professor. This is so much clearer and I finally understand how this little component works. Hope there will be a follow-up video on JFET and MOSFET in the future.
I was a technician long time ago, I knew already this semiconductor works 😊 keep up man!
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@@EngineeringMindset fantastic! Really appreciate what you're doing for the community
I wish my professors had explained electronics so effectively. Electronics was never so easy for me. Thank you for these videos, I am now able to understand things better rather than remembering them.
Its not professors problem but its time given to explain such topics . For you its needed more time to understand but it's ok to understand late ok 😊
@@Scolar69 it is the professor's problem
they're supposed to be skilled teachers, if they can't teach a subject like this in a time limit, they are not worth paying for
My tuition to a technical college was sponsored by a major corporation to learn these same theories. I hope people realize the value of information like this which is shared freely...
Echoing the majority of comments, this has to be one of the clearest explanation of transistor theory. My initial training was 1988 for aviation electronics/USN, and while I did 6 months there graduating 1 of 34 I didn't quite "get" the transistor until very recently. And now.. it's just about crystal clear. Beats the old as dirt training we received in TN back then, hands down. I'm in my 50's now getting back into the mix, and relearning my old trade with resources like this is awesome. Thank you for putting the time in here, much appreciated.
thankyou @EngineeringMindset, it so helpful to me.I have a suggestion for u that for this video you have to place the video from 7 minute in the beginning to know what exactly transistor is, then explain how it works.
This is actually really comprehensive and not boring/sleep-inducing. Great job
From last 3 day our tution teacher is explaining this whole topic but i didnt even understand a single point of it.
But within 18 minutes you teach in the simplest way which i dont think anyone could explain this to me.
Thank you.
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HELPFUL, CLEARLY EXPLAINED TUTORIAL!!!
This channel is gold,nobody has ever broke stuff down as well,thank you.
oh Man! You explained what they taught me in Electronics Engineering course in one semester in just a 18 min video with much more clarity. Thanks a lot. This is one of the best educational video.
you are really lucky to learn that i one semester. I am a computer science student and i had to learn 100 slides about semi-conductors , diodes , Transistors in 45 minutes
I used to believe I wasn't proficient in academics, as it took me seven years to complete my Btech course, and I ultimately couldn't achieve success, leading to my dropout. However, upon viewing this video, I have come to recognize that the primary responsibility for my struggles should be attributed to the teacher who instructed the subject. Now, having watched this video, I find that I can effortlessly grasp the same material that once posed challenges for me. Thank you very much for saving me.
I came, I saw, I subscribed!
EDIT: after checking the videos, I conclude that this channel is a gem! I really admire and respect your effort put into this and also your ability to simplify things in order to explain them like this.
I love this video, it's so helpful. I use npn and pnp type sensors connected to an arduino very often, but I'm a little bit confused as to the circuitry involved. A video on npn/pnp type sensors and how they connect to microcontrollers would be really great!
This was the first time that I totally understand what a transistor really is and how it functions. Thanks fella.
Thanks!
Thank you
This dude rocks tbh. Explains stuffs better than most professors. :')
This is the best material on transistor fundamentals I managed to find. Highly grateful you made this available. Thank you.
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5:36 your diagrams are brilliant. Thank you so much. NO amount of reading was able to get me to visualize that the current passed through the base was going through the emitter and not just staying there. I thought a current HAD to be going into the collector to get any output through the emitter. Thanks!
Nobody has ever managed to explain this to me in a meaningful way before, but this video was on point on the first watch. Thank you!
You should be a professor. I have watched 3 of your videos to prepare for my labs and all of them are so helpful and inspiring.
The inventors of the transistor, Shockley, Bardeen,and Bratain certainly deserved that noble prize! It was the discovery that changed the world for sure!
I discovered this channel when I was studying for my CETa, but I still keep learning with even better videos. Nice work!
RATIO
The absolute best explanation of the transistor I have ever seen since electronics college in 1980. Great Job.
I was studying this for my exam and your video came just on time. Is this just a coincidence 😁. Great explanation ✌️
Perfect! Good luck
@@EngineeringMindset bro toroidal subject pls
jee?
@@DevanshMatha No, for my college exam!
10 years of studying. 5 years of professional experience and now finally I understood the concept. It was so amazing to see such an animation. Really loved it from my heart!!
Best transistor/semi conductor explanation I have ever seen.
The best explanation of a transistor I’ve seen yet. Great Job.
Excellent! I wish I had this clear an explanation when I took electronics courses
at University. This gives a real understanding of the workings of a fundamental
electronic component.
Please keep up the good work!
Bob
i was thinking the same bob
YOU READ MY MIND, just watched your video on led's yesterday and thought to myself only this guy can explain me a transistor
Excellent, thanks.
It is not common for me to feel educated. Today you have made me feel educated. My deepest gratitude to all those who contributed any to this video and its creation.
Thank you.
Sincerely.
I study in one of the best universities in Germany and my professor is one of the best researchers in this field. yet your the best resources out there.
"this is a transistor. One of the most important inventions ever..." **Proceeds to light the transistor on fire**
This *was* a transistor.
Which turned it into the other most important invention ever.
Which is why you must be its friend and protect it from....
Release the magic smoke!
😂😂
Never understood transistor operation until I watched this. Great detailed visual explanation. Thank you!
Please keep making videos. These are so much more helpful than reading it in a book. Love that you return to the fundamentals before moving on to the more advanced ideas. Well done
Great explanation, I've been dealing and electronics for about 45-50 years now. Work for one of the major communication companies for 36 years. Today is April 4th 2022
You have got my subscription. Its clear, concise, straight to the point and goes over everything you need to know. Thank you so much dude! I would love a video of how they work together in computers if you don’t already have one.
This really is such a good explanation for transistors. Not a lot of channels seem to get it right or explain it with such clarity
Omg thanks a lot! I learnt this chapter twice and still didn't understand but saw your video once understood everything capacitance, inductors and transistors. Really like the way you compare it to water pipes very good comparison thanks a lot. you might have just increased my physics marks in my upcoming test. thanks😀
Keep uploading sir👍😁 you helping people who interested in electronics and cant pay semester just like me😁 its better to watch your channel than go to school 😉😁thank u so much, i learn a lot of this channel😁👍Godbless to you sir🙏🏻💛😁
I will try my best
Thank you sir 🙏🏻😊
best lesson i've ever seen no doubt. Better than 6 hours in my university for transistor
I am 3rd year ECE student and i can confidently say that the majority of what you can learn in uni, is packed in these few minutes of videos, just take time to understand. Well aside from learning how to please the professor to squeeze a few more points. thankyou sirs!
Brilliant, I have been an Engineer for years, and it’s always good to go back to basics 👍
I can't thank enough for this video. Didn't understand anything on online classes and was too lazy to prepare myself. And you explained everything clearly in 18 mins my professor couldn't in a week.
That is the most clear and concise explanation of a transistor I've seen. Thank you.
I am a mathematician working as a software developer. I hadn't studied any eletronics or even IT. I learnt programming by myself, but I was always wondering how it is possible for computers to operate. With your great job I am much more closer to understand those things. You are doing excellent content
I wish this video existed 10 years ago. Some professors aren't adept at simplifying concepts so I had to teach myself a lot, so to speak. I'm on an entirely different field now, but this video is a very nice refresher.
I always wondered why the arrows in transistors and diodes pointed the opposite direction to electron flow. I'd also heard transistors described as essentially two back-to-back diodes, but couldn't wrap my head around that analogy.
Now I have answers to both of those! Thank you!
I was waiting for this video since you uploaded the community post.
Amazing explanation!
I love how you use comprehensive analogies to explain seemingly complicated concepts✨
Glad you liked it!
Very very interesting video. I studied electrical and electronic ennineering in the early 90 for the three years and oddly ended up going in to the health service and never using it. Recently my interest has peaked again in this area so these videos are much appreciated😊
Electronic engineering is fixed in to your soul you left it but can't remain separate keep going
yeah those 'specials' very impressive to my ears, but maybe smth you shouldnt prioritize, their tune of space always impressive, even on my old system
Wah! Really amazed at explaining skills...any body and everybody can get the concept understood better than any instructors explaining it...
Hats off...
I solder these transistors every day and never truly understood how they worker until now. Thank you so much for your simple and clever visual explanation.
I am so glad RUclips set this to my feed. Always been somewhat curious about electronics, so cool to have a deeper understanding on how it all works.
40 years after I first heard about the terms "semi conductor" and "transistors", I now know what they mean.
Thank you brother.
Side note about conventional vs electron flow (which im sure is covered in the battery video, but i like explaining it, so here I go...) Imagine a pipe that contains a row of marbles. In order for a marble to move there must be a space for it to move into. To create a space for a marble to move into, ie a hole, you can remove one marble from the end and the rest of the marbles will shift forward one marble space. If you slow this down as you remove one marble from the end the next marble will shift into its position which now opens a space behind it for the next marble shift into, and so on down the line. As the marbles, ie electrons, shift in one direction the wave front of their motion, ie current, moves in the other. Moving electrons give rise to electrical current. Ergo to have current in one direction electron marbles move in the other.
Grasping that concept was incredibly helpful to understanding more about how electricity and electronics work.
Also this videos visuals of the doped regions of a transistor and how they function are miles above any other explanation I have ever seen. And I'm no spring chicken. Thumbs up.
Im an engineering student and i have an amazing instructor but even he couldnt properly explain how transistors worked to me. Your video helped me understand them before my exam. Congrats sir.
Brilliant explanation without mindless monotonal droning. Thank you so much. This actually helps me with some projects I've struggled with. The interwebs needs more content like this and fewer "watch me do my makeup" or "unbox the iPhone" videos.
Thanks! That's the first explanation I've seen that explains *why* the collector and emitter are different (the amount of doping), and why current flows in the one direction. (Other explanations show apparent symmetry between collector and emitter.) Explaining what causes it to amplify current was a bonus.
YES THANK YOU FINALLY A GREAT VIDEO ON THIS TOPIC
Glad you liked it!
@@EngineeringMindset
I know right!
0:17: 💡 A transistor is an important electronic component that can act as a switch and amplify signals.
4:01: 🔌 This text explains how a transistor works and its applications.
6:38: 🔌 The video explains how transistors work and the direction of electron flow.
9:48: ⚡ The structure of a conductor atom, the role of valence and conduction bands, and the concept of doping in semiconductors.
12:50: ⚡ The process of forming a PN junction and its behavior in a transistor.
16:08: 💡 The video explains how a transistor works in a P-type material with reverse bias.
Recap by Tammy AI
Ive seen countless videos on low level computing, even some series on people making breadboard computers and stuff, and yet only now have i found an explanation for transistors that i can somehow understand!
Excellent video. Great visuals and explanation. Better than any explanations I've received by instructors/trainers.
We've just started on electronics in automotive school. I've been watching your videos for help with fundamentals of electricity and other bits and bobs of knowledge. Not to mention, I was actually discussing diodes and transistors with my father earlier today. This video my good sir, has arrived just in time! :)
didnt ask mate
This is one of the best presentations of this information. I would love to see this level of detail in doing basic amplifier design, sizing resistors and capacitors to a particular application.
I don't think that this guy can do basic amplifier design, it would cover every conceivable design aspect taking a few months to complete the video.
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Thank you very very much!!! This was super helpful. Also the timing is uncanny too as it's my birthday today! Hell yeah! Best present ever from the internet lol
Thanks a lot again, it's so BRILLIANTLY explained and the animations really drive the point home! I'm so glad I found this channel. I'll definitely be sharing this with my friends who'll also definitely benefit from this!
Happy Birthday, Akshit, and glad you enjoyed the video
happy birthday bhai!
@@EngineeringMindset haha thanks!
@@dioptre Thanks a lot! All the best if you're preparing for the entrance exams too!
Just put my first transistor circuit together, so proud, thank you so much
It is more useful than I expected.
Please create a single complete video of transistors including definition, types with description, different among types, testing methods and how to be used in circuit.
Thank you.
My aircraft AC instructor needs to watch this video, I wish I found this when I was studying for the exam, it would have made it a lot easier.
Literally understood something in one video what I was trying to learn for a week. Thank you very much
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Best tutorial ever. Even a smol braine like myself gets it. Thanks!
I've been looking for a video that explains transistors in a way I can understand. Not one has done it except for this one. Thank you
More Clear And Neat Than I learned Before In Physics Subject!!!, Thanks
This is so well explained that it further cements the fact that your professor can make your academic ambitions a miserable endeavor if they are unable to explain concepts in simple ways
When I studied this in college, they only had the valence electron and this is the first I've heard about the conduction zone or band. It makes it easier to picture. Applying a signal will be a lot more interesting than a switching application, can't wait!
I just found out something
@@lawoull.6581 What is it
Ah yes a randomly recommended year old video to help teach me about stuff i didnt know. Thank you
As a hobbyist who is playing around with some components, you make transistors change from an intimidating topic to a very approachable component. Thank you :)
ive reported your video 3 times and requested that it dont get recommended to me about 6 times, it was still recommended, ive now watched it!
Fun fact: The Fallout universe doesn't have these, which is why everything looks 50s and bulky, even in the future.
Thank you for explaining the source of confusion related to electron flow in an electrical circuit: negative to positive; while conventional terminology will show a flow from positive to negative. I think the confusion is further exacerbated by the failure to distinguish between potential (voltage) and electron flow. I think of the positive side as a magnet attracting the electrons. The magnetic pull is in one direction, the electron flow in the other.
Well put!
Yes, but a diode makes that theory false. Electrons cannot flow negative to positive through the diode.
Love your videos because of the animations. They bring to life the concepts for many of my students. How about creating a Transistors 2 video that speaks on MOSFETs as well. Since these are ones that seem to be popular in designs. Thanks.
I have made an simple and in-depth series explaining MOSFETs, for students taking VLSI at the university.
@@BillDemos do you have a link for it? Thanks.
@@bigdaddychicano on my channel
See my new MOSFET explained video here➡️: ruclips.net/video/AwRJsze_9m4/видео.html
This is by far hands down the best transistor video I've found , thank you sir incredible work concise yet detailed information ❤️❤️
Absolutely fantastic video. Your graphics mated with your explanation made this easy to understand and memorable. It definitely will not be a forgotten lesson, and now I feel confident enough to instruct others when asked about it. Great work! I hope to find more of your videos explaining how these marvelous components operate. Also, I know that this video is older, but thank you for keeping it online.
When i watch your video it makes me fell good and sad in the same time. Cause good for a good content which makes me interesting to watch and sad for if i got this type of animated and proper content when i was learning for my education it would be too much easier and enjoyable learning for me. So thumbs up 👍👌 for good and hard working. Wishing you good and healthy life.
Ditto.
Woah. The water example was so smooth. Sir you've done a Spectacular Job. I Appreciate your Efforts.
This explanation is much better that in my first year of college.
Thank you! I need videos like this for all aspects of electronics! This is so much easier to follow than anything else I have seen
For next 4 years of my engineering you are my guide. Thank you