What about a current mirror. Doesn't this use a voltage to program a current?
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Adam
An excellent example. A current in is mirrored to a current out. They call it a current mirror not a voltage mirror. But yes, the voltage across one side does cause an equal voltage on the other side which does, in deed, cause a specific current out the collector. The voltage is incidental. The cause at work is the current.
Knowing the voltage you can not calculate the resulting current, can you?
Is there a graph on a data sheet that shows what base voltage results in some collector current?
Knowing base voltage what can you calculate? hOE?
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