EDN

Off-line flyback uses HV transistor in common-base configuration

OK, so I get a press release (pdf) from those wonderful folks at CamSemi, AKA Cambridge Semiconductor. It talks about their C2163 off-line switcher chip (pdf). The press release says: “…the BOM cost ...
Hackaday

Design Of Common Emitter Amplifier

It used to be a rite of passage to be able to do the math necessary to design various bipolar transistor amplifier ...
Electronic Design

What’s All This Common-Base Stuff, Anyway?

Why would a wall-wart design have an external FET driving an external high-voltage transistor? A decade ago, Paul Rako picked the brains of some of the top people in the industry to find answers. When ...
EDN

In praise of the common-base: Bench quickie

The common-base configuration is so little used, it doesn’t even register on many engineers’ radar. So, as a self-professed analog guy, I’m embarrassed to say that, while it’s on my radar, I don’t ...
Hackaday

common base

We’ve previously remarked upon a generation lucky enough to be well-versed in microcontrollers and computersised electronics through being brought up on the Arduino or the Raspberry Pi but unlucky ...