Oli Glaser wrote:
>> and bipolars more like a voltage source.
>
> Do you mean current source here?

No, I was talking about the on-state of switching applications when the BJT
is saturated.  The do look like a controlled current source in the linear
operating mode, but that's not relevant when we're talking about switching
relay coils on and off.


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