For switching applications, a transistor needs to be biased to operate in which of the following regions?

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  1. Inverse active region
  2. Active region
  3. Active or inverse active region
  4. Saturation or cut-off region

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Option 4 : Saturation or cut-off region
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Transistor can be acted as

1) Closed or ON switch in saturation region

2) Open or OFF switch in cut-off region

3) Resistor in current mirror

4) Inverter in cutoff and saturation region

5) Amplifier in active region

6) Capacitor in level shifter

 

Mode

EB Biasing

Collector Base Biasing

Application

Cut off

Reverse

Reverse

Open or OFF switch

Active

Forward

Reverse

Amplifier

Reverse e Active

Reverse

Forward

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Saturation

Forward

Forward

Closed or ON Switch

 

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