PHY441A (31/08/2018)

Practice assignment-4

1. Find the Q-point for the following circuit and determine the maximum value of the
base current for linear operation. βdc = 100.

2. Find the expression for IC.

𝑉𝐶𝐶 −𝑉𝐵𝐸
Answer: 𝐼𝐶 = 𝛽𝑑𝑐 � �
𝑅𝑏

3. Determine how much the Q-point in the following circuit will change over a
temperature range where βdc increases from 85 to 100 and VBE decreases from 0.7V to
0.6V.

Answer: % ∆𝐼𝐶 = 18.6%, ∆𝑉𝐶𝐸 = −15.1%

4. Find an expression for the collector current IC.

−𝑉𝐸𝐸 −𝑉𝐵𝐸
Answer: 𝐼𝐶 ≅ 𝑅
𝑅𝐸 +� 𝐵 �
𝛽𝑑𝑐

5. Find the Q-point in the following circuit.

𝑉𝐶𝐶 −𝑉𝐵𝐸
Answer: 𝐼𝐶 = 𝑅
𝑅𝐶 +� 𝐵 �
𝛽𝑑𝑐

𝑉𝐶𝐸 = 𝑉𝐶𝐶 − 𝐼𝐶 𝑅𝐶