BJT DC
BJT DC
BJT DC
They are unidirectional current carrying devices with capability to control the current flowing through them The switch current can be controlled by either current or voltage Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) control current by current Field Effect Transistors (FET) control current by voltage They can be used either as switches or as amplifiers
BJT and
From the previous figure iE = iB + iC Define = iC / iE Define = iC / iB Then = iC / (iE iC) = /(1- ) Then iC = iE ; iB = (1-) iE Typically 100 for small signal BJTs (BJTs that handle low power) operating in active region (region where BJTs work as amplifiers)
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Common Emitter(CE) Connection Called CE because emitter is common to both VBB and VCC
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F = FO 1 +
v CE V
iB =
IS
v exp BE V T
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Normally the above equation is never used to calculate iC, iB Since for all small signal transistors vBE 0.7. It is only useful for deriving the small signal characteristics of the BJT. For example, for the CE connection, iB can be simply calculated as, V VBE i B = BB R BB
IB =
VBB VBE R BB
0 5V vBE
By using this equation along with the iB / vBE characteristics of the base emitter junction, IB = 40 A 10
By using this equation along with the iC / vCE characteristics of the base collector junction, iC = 4 mA, VCE = 6V = I C 4mA = = 100 I B 40A
0 20V vCE
Transistor power dissipation = VCEIC = 24 mW We can also solve the problem without using the characteristics 11 if and VBE values are known
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A BJT can enter saturation in the following ways (refer to the CE circuit) For a particular value of iB, if we keep on increasing RCC For a particular value of RCC, if we keep on increasing iB For a particular value of iB, if we replace the transistor with one with higher
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Input Characteristics
Output Characteristics
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Then IC = IB= 400*40 A = 16000 A and VCE = VCC-RCC* IC =10- 0.016*1000 = -6V(?) But VCE cannot become negative (since current can flow only from collector to emitter). Hence the transistor is in saturation
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VB = VTH =
Vcc R 2 R1 + R 2
R B = R TH =
R1 R 2 R1 + R 2
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If we design (1+ )RE >> RB (say (1+ )RE >> 100RB) Then
IB
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Hence IC and IE become independent of ! Thus we can setup a Q-point independent of which tends to vary widely even within transistors of identical part number (For example, of 2N2222A, a NPN BJT can vary between 75 and 325 for IC = 1 mA and VCE = 10V)
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ICQ = 300IB = 3.13 mA IEQ = (1+ )IB = 3.14 mA VCEQ = VCC-ICRC-IERE = 30-3.13*3.3-3.14*1=16.53V
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ICQ
3.09 mA
3.13 mA
1.29 %
The above table shows that even with wide variation of the bias points are very stable.
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F = 75
RF
IC = 4.32 V
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common-emitter output characteristics. IB = 2.7 A, intersection of corresponding characteristic with load line gives Q-point.
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This implies that IB << I2, so that I1 = I2. So base current doesnt disturb voltage divider action. Thus, Q-point is independent of base current as well as current gain. Also, VEQ is designed to be large enough that small variations in the assumed value of VBE wont affect IE. Current in base voltage divider network is limited by choosing I2 IC/5. This ensures that power dissipation in bias resistors is < 17 % of total quiescent power consumed by circuit and I2 >> IB for > 50.
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V CC V V EQ CC 4 2
R2 =
RC
V CC V CE IC
IE V B = V E + V BE = 5 .7 V I I B = C = 7 .5 A
= 6 .60 k
VB
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