I don't know what it is, but you consistently have the clearest explanations I've ever heard. I took an entire class on Analog Devices at my college last semester and walked away with a very poor understanding of transistors. But these two videos you have on semiconductors and transistors have clarified things so much.
My guess is that he doesn't do the maths. He tells you what's going on with words and drawings. Bookwriters and lecturers have a tendency to - as they already understand the workings of things and you're supposed to be able to calculate stuff regarding the subjects - rely on maths to explain physics, and this is a very shite thing to do as it misses out on some very graphical things. Sure, if you look into it, the equations imply that a depletion zone exists and that a diode carries current better in one direction than the other, but the mathematical description for the motion of electrons isn't an efficient way of allowing you to understand the concept.
This is the single best explanation of transistors I've ever seen. You are not afraid to go into depth, which makes it all so much easier to understand! Instead of using a bunch of useless analogies, you just tell me exactly what's going on, I appreciate it!
If you have any issues understanding some words, just turn on "CC" closed caption and select your native language from the settings menu (gear) for a better understanding. :)
Damn. I have this phenomenon with your videos. You explain something I haven't heard, yet which I grasp the first time. Then you extend that knowledge and while you're explaining it my brain immediately thinks a step ahead and therefore I learn it myself and get immediate feedback whether that made sense. I love that. That is a teaching experience I'll never forget.
No one ever explained this concept in such an awesome way . came here randomly , but surprisingly learned a new way to see the transistor. thank you very much :)
Thank you so much for making these videos. I'm writing a paper about the transistor and this really helped me a lot. You explain things without leaving questions like many others do, and I really appreciate that.
Thank you SO MUCH for making this video. I was taught about transistors from two separate teachers with multiple textbooks and I never got it. This 11 minute video was so articulate and clear where now I understand why npn transistors function the way that they function.
well thats possibly the best transistor explanation i have ever seen. simple and short and yet somehow still covered everything, including the doping difference between collector and emitter, which is kind of crucial to understand why the transistor doesnt work right if you flip it around.
Very well explained. I was having trouble teasing this out of a textbook and you made it clear in 10 minutes. Thank you for the time and effort to make this video.
This is the only satisfactory explanation of the workings of the transistor I have seen -- and I have seen many, either on video or in text form on the internet. Thanks Ben!
Currently sitting in my circuit analysis class bored out of my mind while the teacher is talking about calculating current in parallel circuits, decided to actually learn something. This is the best explanation of transistors I've found yet.
@bigote in simple terms the emitter side is negatively charged while the collector is positive and the base is neutral. Current only flows through the transistor if you apply current through the base and emitter. This is because the emitter gets filled up with more electrons (from the base to emmiter circuit) to the point it can jump (difuse) into the base because it has no where else to go. After that the base becomes negatively charged. Then the collector which is positively charged attracts the negative electrons from the base and completes the curcuit
I think you've just clarified a fundamental point in electronics that has always confused me when thinking about these things, and even more when listening to explanations of it, and it's so clear now that I feel stupid for never considering the difference. You clarified it by making such a big deal about the distinction between conventional electrical flow and the real flow of electrons. The distinction between these two perspectives carries such a massive weight that almost nothing considered in one perspective translates directly to the other, even if they are descriptions of the exact same mechanism. Thank you for unveiling maybe 1% of the mysteries of electricity for my crippled brain.
Well done Ben, I was able to follow the whole video start to finish and I don't have a single question left :D (I'm usually someone who has a lot of questions left after an explanation :P)
Good qualitative description of what's going on. Liked it! One description that I always found useful to understand transistor "action" is that once electrons from the emitter enter into the base, they are now "minority" carriers in the p - type base region, and will as such be swept across the reverse biased base - collector junction and into the n -type collector region.
Learning how a transistor works from someone who uses the conventional flow while he explains it with elektronflow is very very hard! You did it right! Thx!
Great explanation I must have read more than 20+(LONG) articles on Transistors, but the subject was always fuzzy. This video clears thing up greatly , thanks.
Ben, one of the best demo's on transistors i have seen, and I have seen a lot of them. Great job! I'm subscribing to you and look forward to seeing your past and future videos. Thumbing-up
OMG. dude, that was absolutely worth an applause. i wish you were teaching my ELT classes (years ago of course). it takes time to find a gem of a teacher. okay- here he is.
This was so clear. Omg your voice your explanations are sooo good. I don't know anything about computers and have set myself to learn as much as I can and I've watched so many videos but they all lacked something. This one didn't, it went in depth and you didn't skip and steps to explain anything.
Thank you! That's the clearest explanation of the workings of an NPN transistor using electron flow that I've discovered yet. It would be terrific if you would do a follow-on video on how a PNP transistor works using electron flow, which makes much better sense to me than conventional current flow, a fiction that defies science. Thanks again Ben!!
Thanks! Ive watched many other videos on this BJT and I didnt quite understand, your video was so clear and helpful, I finally understand how it works :)
Pretty clear explanation, it's been a long time since I studied and tried to figure this out for the first time. It's kinda electrons were fooled to get into the base and then abducted and kicked out to the collector XD Congratulations!
I knew early on that my career (now behind me) would be in the liberal arts. But my father raised me to be a lifelong student and that meant curiosity...even about things I have no real grasp of. So that hasn't stopped me trying to learn at least something about the hardware that I've been using professionally and personally...and your videos are revelations for me!
finally a video that explains the interaction between the base and the collector. all the others i've seen just skip over that part and stop explaining after the diode formed by emitter and base
YES!! By far the best explanation on the web.... I just knew the transistor wasn't some magical device that opens between emitter and collector when you apply 0.7 volts to the base (NPN). ;)
I recommend to watch Ben Eater's diode video first (titled: ‘How Semiconductors work’), then watching this video will make more sense. Best explanation on TH-cam so far.
I don't know what it is, but you consistently have the clearest explanations I've ever heard. I took an entire class on Analog Devices at my college last semester and walked away with a very poor understanding of transistors. But these two videos you have on semiconductors and transistors have clarified things so much.
Same here. These videos give me the clearest explanations I've ever heard of transistors.
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Well said.
My guess is that he doesn't do the maths.
He tells you what's going on with words and drawings.
Bookwriters and lecturers have a tendency to - as they already understand the workings of things and you're supposed to be able to calculate stuff regarding the subjects - rely on maths to explain physics, and this is a very shite thing to do as it misses out on some very graphical things.
Sure, if you look into it, the equations imply that a depletion zone exists and that a diode carries current better in one direction than the other, but the mathematical description for the motion of electrons isn't an efficient way of allowing you to understand the concept.
He learned a lot about teaching from working at Khan academy as well as personal experiences while learning maths earlier in life.
This is the single best explanation of transistors I've ever seen. You are not afraid to go into depth, which makes it all so much easier to understand! Instead of using a bunch of useless analogies, you just tell me exactly what's going on, I appreciate it!
Im not an english speaker but i could understand perfectly about bjt for the first time! Such a nice explanation. Thank you
If you have any issues understanding some words, just turn on "CC" closed caption and select your native language from the settings menu (gear) for a better understanding. :)
여기서 한국사람을 보다니..
Same, I'm frensh
Same, from China
Damn. I have this phenomenon with your videos. You explain something I haven't heard, yet which I grasp the first time. Then you extend that knowledge and while you're explaining it my brain immediately thinks a step ahead and therefore I learn it myself and get immediate feedback whether that made sense. I love that. That is a teaching experience I'll never forget.
No one ever explained this concept in such an awesome way . came here randomly , but surprisingly learned a new way to see the transistor.
thank you very much :)
The clearest explanation I've heard on diodes and transistors, answered all my questions, thank you so much!
I have watched like.... 20 videos about how NPN transistors work and this is the only one that has made sense. Thank you.
This is the best explanation on how BJT works that I have ever heard or read from any book. Thank you.
This is the clearest explanation of transistor operation I have ever seen. Thank you.
I didn't intend to know how amplification works but the way you explained helped me figure that out as well!
Incredible explanation! You have a talent for making a complex subject very simple.
Thank you so much for making these videos. I'm writing a paper about the transistor and this really helped me a lot. You explain things without leaving questions like many others do, and I really appreciate that.
Thank you SO MUCH for making this video. I was taught about transistors from two separate teachers with multiple textbooks and I never got it. This 11 minute video was so articulate and clear where now I understand why npn transistors function the way that they function.
You are the only person on you tube who explains this so people can understand it. Thank you
Thanks man, i never really understood the transistor it's been like year and you literally made me understand it in 11 mins.
well thats possibly the best transistor explanation i have ever seen. simple and short and yet somehow still covered everything, including the doping difference between collector and emitter, which is kind of crucial to understand why the transistor doesnt work right if you flip it around.
Very well explained. I was having trouble teasing this out of a textbook and you made it clear in 10 minutes. Thank you for the time and effort to make this video.
Very well explained. I understood more in this 11 minutes video about how the transistor works than a 3 hours class lol.
This is the best explanation about transistors that i have ever heard, thank you!
It is always better to visually see what's going on for learning. Thanks for the work in making this.
This is the only satisfactory explanation of the workings of the transistor I have seen -- and I have seen many, either on video or in text form on the internet. Thanks Ben!
Currently sitting in my circuit analysis class bored out of my mind while the teacher is talking about calculating current in parallel circuits, decided to actually learn something. This is the best explanation of transistors I've found yet.
For sure, the clearest and most complete explanation of a BJT on YT. Well done!
7:15 I was never more exited in my life :)
Best explanation of transistor I've seen. Thanks
Dude you are the best. I have been watching numerous videos but your actually explained the full thing thoroughly for begginers
@bigote in simple terms the emitter side is negatively charged while the collector is positive and the base is neutral. Current only flows through the transistor if you apply current through the base and emitter. This is because the emitter gets filled up with more electrons (from the base to emmiter circuit) to the point it can jump (difuse) into the base because it has no where else to go. After that the base becomes negatively charged. Then the collector which is positively charged attracts the negative electrons from the base and completes the curcuit
Hope this helps
@bigote i used electron flow in the explanation btw
I think you've just clarified a fundamental point in electronics that has always confused me when thinking about these things, and even more when listening to explanations of it, and it's so clear now that I feel stupid for never considering the difference. You clarified it by making such a big deal about the distinction between conventional electrical flow and the real flow of electrons. The distinction between these two perspectives carries such a massive weight that almost nothing considered in one perspective translates directly to the other, even if they are descriptions of the exact same mechanism. Thank you for unveiling maybe 1% of the mysteries of electricity for my crippled brain.
Ben, your videos explain this so well i am blown away, nice work mate, this has gone a long way in helping me pass my current uni engineering course!
THANK - YOU !had to watch dozens of other videos before I could figure it out :)
Thank God you exist man, this has been messin with my brain for a few days.
Awesome video! now i understand the concept behind a transistor completely after 4 yrs of shitty class!
Well done Ben, I was able to follow the whole video start to finish and I don't have a single question left :D
(I'm usually someone who has a lot of questions left after an explanation :P)
You understand in a comprehensive way. That's why your explanation is the best i have heard.
Good qualitative description of what's going on. Liked it! One description that I always found useful to understand transistor "action" is that once electrons from the emitter enter into the base, they are now "minority" carriers in the p - type base region, and will as such be swept across the reverse biased base - collector junction and into the n -type collector region.
Thank you. So much more clear than any other description I've heard.
The best explanations I have ever heard.
Perfect explanation. You're literally one of the best explainers I've seen. Brilliant. Liked and subscribed. :) Thanks a lot!
Learning how a transistor works from someone who uses the conventional flow while he explains it with elektronflow is very very hard! You did it right! Thx!
Great explanation I must have read more than 20+(LONG) articles on Transistors, but the subject was always fuzzy. This video clears thing up greatly , thanks.
May I just say that you explain BJTs really well. Thanks for the video!
Ben, one of the best demo's on transistors i have seen, and I have seen a lot of them. Great job! I'm subscribing to you and look forward to seeing your past and future videos. Thumbing-up
By far the best video I have ever watched on the explanation of how a transistor works
Very well explained!!!
Thank you very much!!!!
Finally understood...how a transistor works!!!
May god bless YOU :)
Thank you for making these videos. People like you are a treasure to this crappy world.
I am learning electronics all by myself and these video's help me a lot, thanks!
How did you studied?
OMG. dude, that was absolutely worth an applause. i wish you were teaching my ELT classes (years ago of course). it takes time to find a gem of a teacher. okay- here he is.
Thanks for your videos, they are extremely clear and approachable!
How amazingly u made this all so simple to comprehend! Amazing work bro!!
This was so clear. Omg your voice your explanations are sooo good. I don't know anything about computers and have set myself to learn as much as I can and I've watched so many videos but they all lacked something. This one didn't, it went in depth and you didn't skip and steps to explain anything.
Thank you. Best and most clear, detailed explanation. Really, really appreciate it.
excellent description, man! You helped iron out all of my conceptual issues
Excellent explanation. A must watch video on the fundamentals of analog electronics.
Excellent explanation. Thank you.
Thanks, Ben, for confirming my point at your previous video.
Very good explanations on everything I know this is 6 years old now but I just wanna tell you I appreciate it!
Thank ever so much Ben for those brilliant videos. It made things so much easier.
Wonderfully explained, thank you!
Your videos are fantastic. Thank you for creating this.
Thank you! That's the clearest explanation of the workings of an NPN transistor using electron flow that I've discovered yet. It would be terrific if you would do a follow-on video on how a PNP transistor works using electron flow, which makes much better sense to me than conventional current flow, a fiction that defies science. Thanks again Ben!!
That was simply the best explaination ive heard about transistors . Thanks man .
thank you for making the concept soo clear!
most clear video for transistor ever!
Thank you for making these videos! Othwewise I would have failed my Technics class in school... stupid packets...
Thanks! Ive watched many other videos on this BJT and I didnt quite understand, your video was so clear and helpful, I finally understand how it works :)
Very nice video, I finally understand how the transistor really works at the micro level now.
the clearest explanation I've ever heard
Pretty clear explanation, it's been a long time since I studied and tried to figure this out for the first time. It's kinda electrons were fooled to get into the base and then abducted and kicked out to the collector XD
Congratulations!
Was looking for this explanation since 2 months ! many thanks.
You're the best channel I'm subscribed to by far, thank you for making this videos
You have a gift for explaining things, man.
You Give Clarity on every Topic No University Teacher Does that!!!
omg your awesome nobody online explains it so clearly
I knew early on that my career (now behind me) would be in the liberal arts. But my father raised me to be a lifelong student and that meant curiosity...even about things I have no real grasp of. So that hasn't stopped me trying to learn at least something about the hardware that I've been using professionally and personally...and your videos are revelations for me!
This will really help me for my seminar paper. Good work!
Best ever explaination on Transistor!! Great!! Thanks a lot!!
Excellent explanation! Very thorough!
You're amazing, man, thank you! It's all cleared up now!
Thank you for the clear video! And thank you for sticking to electron flow over conventional 😁
your videos are amazing and i learn so much from them. thank you very much for sharing and educating about this!!!!!!!!
it really helped me understanding the working mechanism...Gratitude
fantastic video! best explanation of how transistors work that i have ever seen!
Best explanation on the net, i finally got it. Can you explain saturation!
simple and well explained, congrats.. thank u.
Thank you so much! Great explanation and visualization!
finally a video that explains the interaction between the base and the collector. all the others i've seen just skip over that part and stop explaining after the diode formed by emitter and base
Thanks, I have been struggling with this for a while now
touché for such a clear explanation
Thanks this helped me a lot with my presentation
YES!! By far the best explanation on the web.... I just knew the transistor wasn't some magical device that opens between emitter and collector when you apply 0.7 volts to the base (NPN). ;)
You are the Emitter
We are the collectors
And this video is BASE!
You should also make a video on PNP transistors. Your videos are so helpful!
I recommend to watch Ben Eater's diode video first (titled: ‘How Semiconductors work’), then watching this video will make more sense.
Best explanation on TH-cam so far.
the best explanation ..keep going and we wait for ur new
Thanks man!
Much informative.
Thank you! You cleared my doubt!
thanks man for such a great explanation
Thank you for your clear explanation
Perfect explanation!
Falling in love with Ben Eater's voice.
Thanks for the video , i couldn't understand this any where else