Transistor Leakage Currents
H. E. Kaden · 1965
The current in the blocking direction in a diode is called the leakage current. There are no leakage currents in the transistor with its two diodes if one electrode is open at a time. The amounts of these leakage currents depend only a little upon the value of the voltage applied (saturation). With a germanium transistor the following leakage currents can be measured at 25 °C: