Question

Compensation techniques refer to the use of_________

(a) diodes

(b) capacitors

(c) resistors

(d) transformers

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Bias Compensation topic in section Transistor Biasing and Thermal Stabilization of Electronic Devices & Circuits

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) diodes

Easy explanation: Compensation techniques refer to the use of temperature sensitive devices such as thermistors, diodes, transistors, sensistors etc to compensate variation in currents. Sometimes for excellent bias and thermal stabilization, both stabilization and compensation techniques are used.