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Can an PNP transistor be converted to NPN?

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No. The NPN transistor is a semiconductor crystal that was "doped" with n-type dopant, then p-type dopant, and then n-type dopant during manufacture. Just the opposite is true for the PNP transistor. Once it's made, it can't be "unmade" to change it.

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