I'm kind of a noob to electronics and right now I'm trying to pin down the basics of transistors.
I have a few pretty specific questions, but I'll probably have others as usually one answer excavates other curiosities.
A regular NPN transistor adds up the two inputs voltages correct?
I figure that because that's why they're used for amplification of various, otherwise weak, signals.
If this is true, will the same transistor add up two even voltages from the same source?
Mathematically, it seems impossible. If you have a DC source splitting at the beginning onto two parallels both leading to the ins (I can't remember the terminology -- correct me there too please) and then back out, and directly to the other side of the source, that would mean that it's taking in twice as much voltage as it's putting out, which is, to my understanding, impossible.
Do I misunderstand the basics or... I have no idea. What's the deal here?
I have a few pretty specific questions, but I'll probably have others as usually one answer excavates other curiosities.
A regular NPN transistor adds up the two inputs voltages correct?
I figure that because that's why they're used for amplification of various, otherwise weak, signals.
If this is true, will the same transistor add up two even voltages from the same source?
Mathematically, it seems impossible. If you have a DC source splitting at the beginning onto two parallels both leading to the ins (I can't remember the terminology -- correct me there too please) and then back out, and directly to the other side of the source, that would mean that it's taking in twice as much voltage as it's putting out, which is, to my understanding, impossible.
Do I misunderstand the basics or... I have no idea. What's the deal here?