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Strictly speaking it must be distinguished between the DC current gain A = I C /I E and the small-signal current gains α = ΔI C /ΔI E , the same holds for ß. This is neglected in the following simplified treatment.
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Lutz, J., Schlangenotto, H., Scheuermann, U., De Doncker, R. (2018). Bipolar Transistors. In: Semiconductor Power Devices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70917-8_7
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