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What will happen if emitter be reversebiased and collector be forward biased in a transistor?

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In a transistor, if emitter is reverse biased and collector is forward biased, then the emitter will work as collector and the collector will work as emitter. It means the transistor will work as usual but with lower amplification as the size of emitter is smaller than that of collector but doping of emitter is more than that of collector. This shows that the transistor enjoys bidirectional facility.
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