The characteristics of each region of operation are summarized below. 1. cutoff region: Base-emitter junction is reverse biased. No current flow 2. saturation region: Base-emitter junction forward biased Collector-base junction is forward biased Ic reaches a maximum which is independent of IB and β. No control. VVCE More @Wikipedia
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