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  - Semiconductor components \\ (approx. 4 blocks, based on previous lectures on [[circuit_design:2_diodes|Diodes]] and [[circuit_design:2_transistors|Transistors]] )

    - Bipolar transistor (structure, designations, characteristic curve, characteristic values)
    - Transistor as a switch (circuit, switching times and behavior)
    - MOSFET (structure, comparison with bipolar transistor)
    - Optional: Transistor as an amplifier



<callout> A nice introduction to the bipolar transistor can be found in [[http://eng.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Materials_Science/Supplemental_Modules_(Materials_Science)/Materials_and_Devices/Bipolar_Junction_Transistor|libretexts]]. Some of the following passages, videos and pictures are taken from this introduction. </callout>