Hi,
This VERY basic circuit of the 293 may help.
When conducting current it has to flow through 2 BJTs.
They each drop a minimum of 1V across their Collector -Emitter, this is lost power.

Tom...
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Hi,
This VERY basic circuit of the 293 may help.
When conducting current it has to flow through 2 BJTs.
They each drop a minimum of 1V across their Collector -Emitter, this is lost power.

Tom...
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Source;