Why do you all have to make everything related to computers?
This is an old school transistor that does analog signal amplification on things like sine waves. It is used for signal processing and amplification in communications applications such as wireless phones and cable TV amplifiers.
These bipolar devices are not very practical for digital processing at high speeds because they consume so much power, but they're more efficient than CMOS devices for analog amplification, which is still crucial in all our communications devices.
Advances in technology that produce amplifiers that can handle higher frequencies allow us to use communications bands -- groups of frequencies used to transmit a signal -- that we have never been able to use before. That allows us to transmit more data over the same medium.
In addition, faster amplifiers respond more quickly to the light pulses coming off a fiber optic line, also allowing data to be transmitted faster.
I am so surprised there is no one on this forum that understands the significance of transistors that can amplify signals at higher frequencies. I guess the primary audience is computer enthusiasts.
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Why do you all have to make everything related to computers?
This is an old school transistor that does analog signal amplification on things like sine waves. It is used for signal processing and amplification in communications applications such as wireless phones and cable TV amplifiers.
These bipolar devices are not very practical for digital processing at high speeds because they consume so much power, but they're more efficient than CMOS devices for analog amplification, which is still crucial in all our communications devices.
Advances in technology that produce amplifiers that can handle higher frequencies allow us to use communications bands -- groups of frequencies used to transmit a signal -- that we have never been able to use before. That allows us to transmit more data over the same medium.
In addition, faster amplifiers respond more quickly to the light pulses coming off a fiber optic line, also allowing data to be transmitted faster.
I am so surprised there is no one on this forum that understands the significance of transistors that can amplify signals at higher frequencies. I guess the primary audience is computer enthusiasts.