Mandalay Technological University

Department of Electronic Engineering

EcE-22011 Basic Analog Devices

Transistor Bias Circuits

Lecture - 1

Daw Ei Ei Phyo
Assistant Lecturer
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Course Outcomes
 Understand
the dc  Understand the
operating characteristic of
point of a (Bipolar Junction
linear Transistors )BJTs
amplifier amplifier

 Analyze an
emitter bias
 Analyze a
circuit, and a
voltage-divider
collector-
biased circuit
feedback bias
circuit

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Assessment
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 Tutorial 10%
 Practical 10%
 Exam 80%

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Outlines
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5.1 The DC operating

5.2 Voltage Divider Bias
5.3 Other Bias Methods

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5.1 The DC operating

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A transistor must be properly biased with a dc voltage in order to operate as a linear amplifier. For example the dc
operating point, Ic , and VcE have specified values.The dc operating point is often referred to as the Q-
point(quiescent point)

Examples of linear and nonlinear

operation of an inverting amplifier
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The dc load line

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Linear Operation
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Example 5.1

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5.2 Voltage-Divider Bias

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To analyze a voltage-divider circuit in which IB is small

compare to I2, first calculate the voltage on the base using the
unloaded voltage-divider rule:

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Example
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Find the value of VCE,IC

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Voltage-Divider with Load

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Voltage-Divider with Load

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 Loading Effects of Voltage-Divider Bias: The dc input resistance of the transistor

is proportional to βDC
When a transistor is operating in its linear region, the emitter current I E is βDC IB

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Example
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Determine the dc input resistance looking in at the base of the transistor in fig βDC =125 and VB =4V

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Thank You
Any Questions?

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