Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073380643
Author: Donald A. Neamen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.5P
(a)
To determine
The emitter current gain
(b)
To determine
The common base current gain
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Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
Ch. 5 - An npn transistor is biased in the forwardactive...Ch. 5 - (a) The common-emitter current gains of two...Ch. 5 - An npn transistor is biased in the forwardactive...Ch. 5 - The emitter current in a pnp transistor biased in...Ch. 5 - The output resistance of a bipolar transistor is...Ch. 5 - Assume that IC=1mA at VCE=1V , and that VBE is...Ch. 5 - The openemitter breakdown voltage is BVCBO=200V ,...Ch. 5 - A particular transistor circuit requires a minimum...Ch. 5 - The circuit elements in Figure 5.20(a) are changed...Ch. 5 - The circuit elements in Figure 5.22(a) are V+=3.3V...
Ch. 5 - (a) Verify the results of Example 5.3 with a...Ch. 5 - Consider the pnp circuit in Figure 5.22(a). 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The...Ch. 5 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure 5.58. The...Ch. 5 - In the circuit shown in Figure 5.60, the...Ch. 5 - The parameters of the circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 5 - For Figure 5.59, the circuit parameters are...Ch. 5 - In the circuit shown in Figure 5.61, determine new...Ch. 5 - For the circuit shown in Figure 5.63, the circuit...Ch. 5 - (a) Verily the cascode circuit design in Example...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1RQCh. 5 - Prob. 2RQCh. 5 - Prob. 3RQCh. 5 - Define commonbase current gain and commonemitter...Ch. 5 - Discuss the difference between the ac and dc...Ch. 5 - State the relationships between collector,...Ch. 5 - Define Early voltage and collector output...Ch. 5 - Describe a simple commonemitter circuit with an...Ch. 5 - Prob. 9RQCh. 5 - Prob. 10RQCh. 5 - Prob. 11RQCh. 5 - Describe a bipolar transistor NOR logic circuit.Ch. 5 - Describe how a transistor can be used to amplify a...Ch. 5 - Discuss the advantages of using resistor voltage...Ch. 5 - Prob. 15RQCh. 5 - Prob. 16RQCh. 5 - (a) In a bipolar transistor biased in the...Ch. 5 - (a) A bipolar transistor is biased in the...Ch. 5 - (a) The range of ( for a particular type of...Ch. 5 - (a) A bipolar transistor is biased in the...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.5PCh. 5 - An npn transistor with =80 is connected in a...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.7PCh. 5 - A pnp transistor with =60 is connected in a...Ch. 5 - (a) The pnp transistor shown in Figure P5.8 has a...Ch. 5 - An npn transistor has a reverse-saturation current...Ch. 5 - Two pnp transistors, fabricated with the same...Ch. 5 - The collector currents in two transistors, A and...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.13PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.14PCh. 5 - In a particular circuit application, the minimum...Ch. 5 - A particular transistor circuit design requires a...Ch. 5 - For all the transistors in Figure P5.17, =75 . The...Ch. 5 - The emitter resistor values in the circuits show...Ch. 5 - Consider the two circuits in Figure P5.19. The...Ch. 5 - The current gain for each transistor in the...Ch. 5 - Consider the circuits in Figure P5.21. For each...Ch. 5 - (a) The circuit and transistor parameters for the...Ch. 5 - In the circuits shown in Figure P5.23, the values...Ch. 5 - (a) For the circuit in Figure P5.24, determine VB...Ch. 5 - (a) The bias voltages in the circuit shown in...Ch. 5 - The transistor shown in Figure P5.26 has =120 ....Ch. 5 - The transistor in the circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 5 - In the circuit in Figure P5.27, the constant...Ch. 5 - For the circuit shown in Figure P5.29, if =200 for...Ch. 5 - The circuit shown in Figure P5.30 is to be...Ch. 5 - (a) The bias voltage in the circuit in Figure P5.3...Ch. 5 - The current gain of the transistor in the circuit...Ch. 5 - (a) The current gain of the transistor in Figure...Ch. 5 - (a) The transistor shown in Figure P5.34 has =100...Ch. 5 - Assume =120 for the transistor in the circuit...Ch. 5 - For the circuit shown in Figure P5.27, calculate...Ch. 5 - Consider the commonbase circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 5 - (a) For the transistor in Figure P5.38, =80 ....Ch. 5 - Let =25 for the transistor in the circuit shown in...Ch. 5 - (a) The circuit shown in Figure P5.40 is to be...Ch. 5 - The circuit shown in Figure P5.41 is sometimes...Ch. 5 - The transistor in Figure P5.42 has =120 . (a)...Ch. 5 - The commonemitter current gain of the transistor...Ch. 5 - For the circuit shown in Figure P5.44, plot the...Ch. 5 - The transistor in the circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 5 - Consider the circuit in Figure P5.46. For the...Ch. 5 - The current gain for the transistor in the circuit...Ch. 5 - Consider the amplifier circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 5 - For the transistor in the circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 5 - Reconsider Figure P5.49. The transistor current...Ch. 5 - The current gain of the transistor shown in the...Ch. 5 - For the circuit shown in Figure P5.52, let =125 ....Ch. 5 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P5.53. (a)...Ch. 5 - (a) Redesign the circuit shown in Figure P5.49...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.55PCh. 5 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P5.56. (a)...Ch. 5 - (a) Determine the Q-point values for the circuit...Ch. 5 - (a) Determine the Q-point values for the circuit...Ch. 5 - (a) For the circuit shown in Figure P5.59, design...Ch. 5 - Design a bias-stable circuit in the form of Figure...Ch. 5 - Using the circuit in Figure P5.61, design a...Ch. 5 - For the circuit shown in Figure P5.61, the bias...Ch. 5 - (a) A bias-stable circuit with the configuration...Ch. 5 - (a) For the circuit shown in Figure P5.64, assume...Ch. 5 - The dc load line and Q-point of the circuit in...Ch. 5 - The range of ß for the transistor in the circuit...Ch. 5 - The nominal Q-point of the circuit in Figure P5.67...Ch. 5 - (a) For the circuit in Figure P5.67, the value of...Ch. 5 - For the circuit in Figure P5.69, let =100 and...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.70PCh. 5 - Design the circuit in Figure P5.70 to be bias...Ch. 5 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P5.72. (a)...Ch. 5 - For the circuit in Figure P5.73, let =100 . (a)...Ch. 5 - Prob. D5.74PCh. 5 - (a) Design a fourresistor bias network with the...Ch. 5 - (a) Design a four-resistor bias network with the...Ch. 5 - (a) A fourresistor bias network is to be designed...Ch. 5 - (a) Design a fourresistor bias network with the...Ch. 5 - For each transistor in the circuit in Figure...Ch. 5 - The parameters for each transistor in the circuit...Ch. 5 - The bias voltage in the circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 5 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P5.82. The...Ch. 5 - (a) For the transistors in the circuit shown in...Ch. 5 - Using a computer simulation, plot VCE versus V1...Ch. 5 - Using a computer simulation, verify the results of...Ch. 5 - Using a computer simulation, verify the results of...Ch. 5 - Consider a commonemitter circuit with the...Ch. 5 - The emitterfollower circuit shown in Figure P5.89...Ch. 5 - The bias voltages for the circuit in Figure...Ch. 5 - The multitransistor circuit in Figure 5.61 is to...
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