COMMON EMITTER CONFIGURATION

COMMON EMITTER CONFIGURATION

INPUT CHARACTERISTIC CURVE OUTPUT CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

Ø The base current IB increases with the Ø The value of the collector current IC increases
increases in the emitter-base voltage VBE with the increase in VCE at constant voltage.

Ø ri = VBE / IB Ø rO = VCE / Ic
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SAMPLE PROBLEM
1. A transistor is connected in common emitter (CE) configuration in which collector supply
is 8 V and the voltage drop across resistance RC connected in the collector circuit is 0.5 V.
The value of RC = 800 Ω. If α = 0.96, determine : collector-emitter voltage and base current.
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SAMPLE PROBLEM
2. Determine VCB in the transistor circuit below. The transistor is of silicon and has β = 150
COMMON BASE CONFIGURATION
COMMON BASE CONFIGURATION
SAMPLE PROBLEM
1. In a common base connection, current amplification factor is 0.9. If the emitter current is 1mA, determine
the value of base current.
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2. In a common base connection, the emitter current is 1mA. If the emitter circuit is open, the
collector current is 50 μA. Find the total collector current. Given that α = 0.92.
COMMON COLLECTOR CONFIGURATION
COMMON COLLECTOR CONFIGURATION

Voltage Gain
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SAMPLE PROBLEM
A common collector amplifier is constructed using an NPN bipolar transistor and a voltage divider
biasing network.

If R1 = 5600Ω, R2 = 6800Ω and the supply voltage is 12 volts. Calculate the values of:

VB, VC and VE, the emitter current IE, the internal emitter resistance r’e and the amplifiers voltage gain
AV when a load resistance of 4700Ω is used.

Also draw the final circuit and corresponding characteristics curve with load line.
Solution:
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COMMON COLLECTOR CONFIGURATION

Note: where the 25mV is the thermal voltage of

the junction at room temperature (25oC)
and Ie is the emitter current.