Tom=E1s =D3 h=C9ilidhe wrote:
> * You put 5 V on the input
> * Current flows into the base resistor, into the base, across the B-E
> junction dropping 700 mV in the process,

No.  Look up "darlington" transistor configuration and you will see it is
really two transistors.


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