Transient analysis of stored charge in neutral base region

Abstract

The authors studied the transient relationship between stored charge in the neutral base region and electron current flowing through emitter and collector terminals. Stored charge flows not only through an emitter terminal but also through a collector terminal when emitter-base junction voltage decreases from the switch-on voltage to zero. The ratio of net charge flowing through the emitter terminal to that flowing through the collector terminal is 2:1 once a steady state has been reached. No charge accumulates through the collector terminal when the emitter-base junction voltage increases from zero to the switch-on voltage, however, so the charge partition ratio depends on the sign of the time gradient of the emitter-base voltage. >