conductortom Messages: 96 Registered: July 2010 Location: Okla
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Ok. The schematic I'm looking at show an npn transistor with the collector not connected. I thought the symbol for a zener looked like a diode with a bent line. Please excuse my lack of knowledge. Just learning. Thanks
That transistor is being used as a diode, that's why there is no connection to the collector. And yes, a Zener diode is drawn just like a regular diode with a Z shaped line in the middle.
alacratstore Messages: 2 Registered: October 2012 Location: USA
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Does these diodes support all functions as that of transistor or it is exactly same?? Can we use the Zener diode as the default one? And what would you say about Q711 transistor?