emitter region, functional

A supply region that delivers principal-current charge carriers into a controlling base region through an associated emitting junction.

NOTE This definition applies for the actual operating mode of the device regardless of the name of any associated terminal. In the normal operating mode, this functional region is located in the emitter region; in the inverse operating mode, it is located in the collector region.

References

JESD77-B, 2/00

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