On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:46:24PM +1300, Jinx wrote:
> > Jinx, would a Zetex transister be prefered over a mosfet with a
> > suitable Id?
> 
> You'd have to consider Vsat of the transistor and Ron for the FET

Thanks for your answer. I built a Joule thief circuit and simply switching
out the 2N2222 for a ZTX (I forget the exact device) resulted in a big
improvement in output voltage. Zetex transistors seem almost other worldly
compared to common BJTs.

Matthew
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