What is Cutoff region?

The state of a bipolar transistor in which both junctions are reverse-biased and almost no collector current flows. It corresponds to a switch in the off state.

Field: Bipolar transistors

Questions that mention Cutoff region (1)

  1. What is the state of the junctions when a bipolar transistor is in the cutoff region (off)?

Related terms

Numerical aperture (NA) Common-emitter circuit Crossover distortion Current gain (hFE) Current mirror Darlington connection Early effect Emitter follower Forward-active region HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor)

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