Why Q for transistors?

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I guess "T" was already taken?

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JimboZA:
I guess "T" was already taken?

Transformers were invented before transistors.

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This thread has some interesting info:

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Transistors have a Q point, this being the quiescent dc operating conditions.

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I prefer the Q shape of the case, I'm going with that....

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To (P)np or not to (P)np, That is the (Q)uestion.

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steinie44:
To (P)np or not to (P)np, That is the (Q)uestion.

When we want your NPN, we'll ask for it :smiley: :smiley:

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Hi, for the noobs.

NPN transistor, look at the emitter arrow, (N)ot (P)ointing i(N).

Tom.... :slight_smile:

Twinkle Twinkle little star, power equals I squared R. (That's all you need to know, you derive the rest)

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As the late Graham Chapman in his role as the Colonel in many MPFC skits would say...

Too silly, too silly...

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Hi, as was said many times about Bluebottle in the Goons

Silly boy, silly boy

Tom..... :slight_smile:

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Hercules Grittpype-Thynne.... "You silly, twisted boy"

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Hi, yes quite a few characters had it in for the poor Bluebottle, "He's fallen in the water."

Tom.... :slight_smile:

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NPN transistor, look at the emitter arrow, (N)ot (P)ointing i(N).

Good one. I think of Male/Female symbols as (N)o (P)u__y to(N)ight.

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TomGeorge:
Hi, yes quite a few characters had it in for the poor Bluebottle, "He's fallen in the water."

Tom.... :slight_smile:

"You deaded me!"
Bluebottle appears to have been 'deaded' in almost every episode.

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More recently.

You killed kenny.

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Henry_Best:

TomGeorge:
"He's fallen in the water."

That was Little Jim's catch-(only-?) phrase. For 50 years or so my brother has called me "Leetle Jeem"....