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Q1 and Q2 make a so called PUT.
Look at step 6 of the following page for more info:
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Bertus
Q1 and Q2 make a so called PUT.
Look at step 6 of the following page for more info:

Circuit Collection of the Programmable Unijunction Transistor (PUT) .
Circuit Collection of the Programmable Unijunction Transistor (PUT) .: A specific combination of 2 complementary transistors leads to an interesting self-latching behaviour, that can be compared with the behaviour of a thyristor (aka SCR) or, as the title insinuates, a programmable unijunction...
Bertus