18-05-2017, 05:52 PM
It's a shame that I'm away for a few days with only a phone - otherwise I'd be joining in. In short, I usually cite Douglas Self's views on this, and he in turn cites some heavyweight sources... The transistor is voltage operated, and the base current is an unfortunate side-effect. Sometimes it's appropriate to use the current-operation model; sometimes the voltage-operational model is best. The latter is the true MO, however. That takes some swallowing, granted 
