E
ElecCur
Guest
ElecCur Asks: Why does electricity flow into a capacitor (charged the other way round) but not into into a diode in this circuit?
I'm trying to understand the workings of the following circuit that I've both emulated and built physically so I know it does work (I did it in a different simulator, but I've redrawn it here for your convenience - animated gifs from the simulator will follow):
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I understand the way NPN and PNP transistor work there with the 10uF capacitor C1 draining the current away from the base of the NPN transistor until the capacitor charges, upon which the current is applied to the NPN transistor base and it allows electricity to flow through it, which in turn "opens" the PNP transistor.
What I fail to understand is what happens with the capacitor and resistor under the emitter of the NPN transistor - the current seems to drawn upwards through the 100 uF capacitor C2. The capacitor is charged through the emitter at the beginning of the simulation, so it's indeed blocking the current from going downwards from the NPN emitter, but why would it take up the current the opposite way?
This gets even more mysterious if I replace it with a diode that goes the same way - it should have almost 0 resistance so if the current was drawn upwards through the capacitor, it should also be drawn through the diode.
Specifically, what I see in the simulator:
Now if I replace it with a diode it doesn't flow upwards at all, and I'd expect this to happen if an inversely charged capacitor causes it:
And if I replace it with another resistor it obviously flows downwards as expected through it:
Can you explain to me what is exactly happening here?
Here is the link to this circuit made in the original circuit simulator I've been using:
Circuit in the original online simulator
I'm trying to understand the workings of the following circuit that I've both emulated and built physically so I know it does work (I did it in a different simulator, but I've redrawn it here for your convenience - animated gifs from the simulator will follow):
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I understand the way NPN and PNP transistor work there with the 10uF capacitor C1 draining the current away from the base of the NPN transistor until the capacitor charges, upon which the current is applied to the NPN transistor base and it allows electricity to flow through it, which in turn "opens" the PNP transistor.
What I fail to understand is what happens with the capacitor and resistor under the emitter of the NPN transistor - the current seems to drawn upwards through the 100 uF capacitor C2. The capacitor is charged through the emitter at the beginning of the simulation, so it's indeed blocking the current from going downwards from the NPN emitter, but why would it take up the current the opposite way?
This gets even more mysterious if I replace it with a diode that goes the same way - it should have almost 0 resistance so if the current was drawn upwards through the capacitor, it should also be drawn through the diode.
Specifically, what I see in the simulator:
Now if I replace it with a diode it doesn't flow upwards at all, and I'd expect this to happen if an inversely charged capacitor causes it:
And if I replace it with another resistor it obviously flows downwards as expected through it:
Can you explain to me what is exactly happening here?
Here is the link to this circuit made in the original circuit simulator I've been using:
Circuit in the original online simulator
SolveForum.com may not be responsible for the answers or solutions given to any question asked by the users. All Answers or responses are user generated answers and we do not have proof of its validity or correctness. Please vote for the answer that helped you in order to help others find out which is the most helpful answer. Questions labeled as solved may be solved or may not be solved depending on the type of question and the date posted for some posts may be scheduled to be deleted periodically. Do not hesitate to share your response here to help other visitors like you. Thank you, solveforum.