ECE 590/1/2011

EXERCISE SEMICONDUCTOR, DIODE & BJT

Q1

With the aid of a diagram, defines the following terms: i) Electron current ii) Hole current (5 marks)

Q2

With the aid of diagram, explain the operation of pnp bipolar junction transistor during the active mode operation for fixed Q-point. (5 marks)

Q3

Determine the value of Vo and ID for the diode configuration shown in Figure 1.
ID 12 V Ideal

Si

Si

Ge +VO 2.2 k -5V

Figure 1

(4 marks)

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Q4

Figure 2 shows a parallel clipper circuit with an input voltage of 10 sin t V. Determine and sketch the output voltage, Vo of the circuit.

R Vi + 10 t -10 Vi 1V Vo Ge +

Figure 2 (5 marks)

Q5

For the network shown in Figure 3, determine the range of RL -that will maintain the Zener diode in the ON state.

250R
Vi = 20 V IR
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

IZ

IL RL
East West North

VZ = 10 V IZM = 30 mA

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

Figure 3

(5 marks)

Q6

A common emitter amplifier shown in Figure 4 has the following parameters, = 100, R1 = 18 k, R2 = 4.7 k, RC = 3.3 k, RE1 = 100 , RE2 = 2.2 k, ro = rce = and VBE = 0.7 V. i) Determine the followings: a) b) Base current, IB, collector current, IC, and collector-emitter voltage, VCEQ. re 2

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(6 marks)

ii)

Draw a fully labelled AC equivalent circuit for the amplifier in Figure 4 and hence calculate a) b) c) d) Input impedance, Zi Output impedance, Zo Voltage gain, Av Current gain, Ai (9 marks)

20 V

Io R1 RC Co Ci RE1 Vi R2 RE2 CE Vo

Zi

Zo

Figure 4