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Amity School of Engineering and Technology

Subject-Basic Electronics Engineering, ES201

Topic- Common Collector (CC) and Basic Features

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or Emitter Follower
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Operation region summary

Operation IB or VCE Char. BC and BE Mode

Region Junctions

Cutoff IB = Very small Reverse & Open Switch

Reverse

Saturation VCE = Small Forward & Closed Switch

Forward

Active Linear VCE = Moderate Reverse & Linear

Forward Amplifier

Break-down VCE = Large Beyond Limits Overload

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Summary

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BJT as Switch

•Vin(Low ) < 0.7 V

•BE junction not forward
biased
•Cutoff region
•No current flows
•Vout = VCE = Vcc
•Vout = High
•Vin(High)
•BE junction forward biased (VBE=0.7V)
•Saturation region
•VCE small (~0.2 V for saturated BJT)
•Vout = small
•IB = (Vin-VB)/RB
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BJT as Amplifier

•Common emitter mode

•Linear Active Region
•Significant current Gain
Example:
•Let Gain,  = 100

•Assume to be in active
region -> VBE=0.7V

•Find if it’s in active

region
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BJT as Amplifier

VBE  0.7V
I E  I B  I C  (   1) I B
VBB  VBE 5  0.7
IB    0.0107mA
RB  RE *101 402
I C   * I B  100 * 0.0107  1.07mA
VCB  VCC  I C * RC  I E * RE  VBE 
 10  (3)(1.07)  (2)(101* 0.0107)  0.7 
 3.93V

VCB>0 so the BJT is in

active region
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Transistor Specification Sheet
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Text & References:

Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, “Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory”,8th
Edition., PHI, 2002.
Millman J. and Halkias .C., " Integrated Electronics ", 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Adel S. Sedra and K. C. Smith: Microelectronic Circuits, Fifth Edition, 2007, ISBN-10:
0195338839.
Ramakant Gaekwad: Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits fourth Edition,
2000, ISBN 0132808684, 9780132808682
Moris Mano: Digital Design, Pearson Education. FIFTH EDITIONISBN-13: 978-0-13-
277420-8 , ISBN-10: 0-13-277420-8
Principles of digital design, Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA
©1996 ,ISBN:0-13-301144-5
Thank You

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