Editing Darlington transistor (section)

{{Short description|Multi-transistor electronics configuration}}
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[[File:IEEE 315-1975 (1993) 8.6.17.svg|frame|right|Darlington Transistor (NPN-type)]]

In [[electronics]], a '''Darlington configuration''' (commonly called as a '''Darlington pair''') is a circuit consisting of two [[bipolar transistor]]s with the [[transistor|emitter]] of one transistor connected to the [[transistor|base]] of the other, such that the current amplified by the first transistor is amplified further by the second one.<ref name=TAoE>{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Horowitz |author2=Winfield Hill |title=The Art of Electronics |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1989 |isbn=0-521-37095-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/artofelectronics00horo }}</ref>  The [[transistor|collectors]] of both transistors are connected together.  This configuration has a much higher [[current gain]] than each transistor taken separately.  It acts like and is often packaged as a single transistor.  It was invented in 1953 by [[Sidney Darlington]].