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Q.Why is the transistor called as current controlled device?

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[!TLDR]

A small base current controls a much larger collector current, so the BJT is current controlled.

In a bipolar junction transistor the base current is the controlling input. A small change in the base current IBI_B produces a proportionally large change in the collector current ICI_C, following IC=βIBI_C = \beta I_B, where β\beta is the current gain. Because the controlling quantity is a current (not a voltage, as in a field-effect transistor), the BJT is classified as a current controlled device.

[!ANSWER]

Because the output (collector) current of a BJT is controlled by the input (base) current, IC=βIBI_C = \beta I_B, it is called a current controlled device.

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