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Transistor vs Phototransistor - What's the difference?

transistor | phototransistor |

As nouns the difference between transistor and phototransistor

is that transistor is while phototransistor is any semiconductor device whose electrical characteristics are light-sensitive.

transistor

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia transistor)
  • a solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions
  • (dated, informal) a transistor radio

    • Derived terms

    * transistorize * transistorized * transistor radio

    phototransistor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any semiconductor device whose electrical characteristics are light-sensitive.

    • See also

    * photodiode