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Back-to-back diodes PUBLIC

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Created February 23, 2013
Last modified March 13, 2017
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This is intended to illustrate the idea of two diodes, like a transistor. Note that the voltage between b and e remains at about 0.6 V. However until the voltage V2 exceeds V1 by 0.6 V, or around 5.6 V the diode D2 is non-conducting. This is typical of a transistor.

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