TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

SOLUTION 7
CHAPTER 8: Bipolar Junction Transistor

1. Sketch the structure and symbol of npn and pnp BJT.

npn pnp
STRUCTURE

SYMBOL

2. For a BJT that has DC emitter current I E  5.5mA and I C  5.455 mA , find DC base current, I B ,

DC beta,  DC and DC alpha  DC .

Given, I E  5.5mA , I C  5.455 mA ,

I E  I B  I C and 5.5m  I B  5.455m thus I B  45A

I C 5.455 m
 DC    121 .222
IB 45 
I C 5.455 m
 DC    0.9918
IE 5.5m

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3. From the circuit:

10  0.7
IB   9.3A ; I C  100 x9.3  0.93mA
1M
VRC  10 kx0.93m  9.3V ; VCE  20  9.3  10 .7V

When VCE=0V, 20
I Csat   2mA
10 k
When IC=0A, VCEcutoff  20V

4. From the circuit

a)
3  0.7
IB   23 A ; I C  I B  0.494 mA ; I E  I C  I B 0.5175 mA
100 k
VCE  15  0.494 m(180 )  14 .91 .V ; VCB  VCE  VBE  14 .91  0.7  14 .21V

5. Find VCE , VBE and VCB in circuit of Figure 4-2 if  DC  50. Find also I B , I C and I E . Given,

 DC  50 ,
VCE  VCC  I C RC  15  I C 180 …..(1)

IC I
 DC  and 50  C …..(2)
IB IB
VBB  VBE 5  0.7
IB    43A …..(3)
RB 100 k
IC
Substitute (3) into (2), 50  thus I C  2.1500 mA …..(4)
43 
Substitute (4) into (1),
VCE  15  2.15m180   14.6130V

VBE  0.7000V

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VCB  VCE  VBE  14.613  0.7  13.913V

I E  I B  I C  43  2.15m  2.1930 mA

 VCE  14.6130 V , VBE  0.7000V , VBC  13.9130 V , I B  43A , I C  2.1500 mA ,

I E  2.1930mA
IC
6. Given, I B  3A  15A ,  DC  200 ,  DC 
IB

I B A I C  I B mA 
3
6
9
12
15

VCC
(Sketch the family of collector curve by your own)  I csat  ,VCE cut off  VCC
Rc

7.
VCC  VBE 8  0.7
I BQ    20 .3μA ; I CQ  20 .3μA (100 )  2.03mA
RB 360 k
VCE  8  2.03m(2k )  3.94 V ; VC  VCE ; VE  0V ; VB  0.7V ; VBC  0.7  3.94  3.24 V
8.
VCC  V BE 20  0.7
I BQ    29 .18μA ; I CQ  29 .18μA (100 )  2.92 mA
R B  (   1) R E 510 k  (101)(1.5k )
VCE  20  2.92 m(2.4k  1.5k )  8.61V ; VC  20  2.4k (2.92 m)  13V ;
V E  13  8.61  4.39 V@I C R E ; V B  20  29 .18μ(510k)  5.12V ; V BC  5.12  13  7.88 V

9. 12  0.7
RB   285 k ; I C  80 x 40   3.2mA
40 
12  6
RC   1.875 k ; VCE  VC  6V
3.2m
10.
12  0.7  2.4
I B  2m 80  25 A ; RB   356 k ; I C  I E
25 
12  7.6
RE  2.4 2m  1.2k ; RC   2.2k ; VB  0.7  2.4  3.1V
2m
VCE  7.6  2.4  5.2V