Department Of Technical Education

Andhra Pradesh

Name : G Sudhakar Reddy.

Designation : Senior Lecturer.
Branch: : DECE
Institute : Government Polytechnic Narsipatnam.
Year/Semester : iii semester.
Subject : ELECTRONICS CIRCUITS-I.
Subject Code : EC-302.
Topic : FET&UJT.
DURATION : 50 MIN
SUB TOPIC : VI CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT
TEACHING AIDS : ANIMATION & PHOTOGRAPHS

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RECAP

We all ready know about the

3. Construction of UJT
4. Symbol of UJT
5. Different parameters associated with
UJT, like intrinsic stand-off ratio etc.
4. Working of UJT

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OBJECTIVES

On completion of this period you would be able to know

• V-I characteristics of UJT

• Peak and valley points of UJT.

• Cutoff region and saturation regions of UJT.

• Negative resistance region of UJT.

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UNI JUNCTION TRANSISTOR

DEVICE CIRCUIT SYMBOL

Fig. 1

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT

Equivalent circuit
Circuit setup

Fig .3 (a) Fig.3 (b)

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 V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT

• When emitter voltage VE is

less than peak voltage the
emitter diode is reverse
biased.

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)
1

• Current flows into the

emitter because of
minority charge carriers
i.e. reverse leakage
current.

• This region shown in

characteristic curve is
called the cut-off region.

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)

• When conduction is

established at VE=VP the

emitter potential VE starts •

decreasing with increase in

emitter current IE.

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)

• As soon as emitter current

1 0

begins to flow the region

between the emitter

junction and Base-1(B1) is

flooded by holes i.e.

positive charge carriers

from the heavily doped

P-region .
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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)

• Consequently it’s
0

conductivity goes up and

the resistance of the
region RB1 decreases a lot.

• This in turn decreases the

emitter to Base voltage
and increases emitter
current.

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)

• This phenomenon 0

continuous until the

emitter to base voltage VE

becomes very small. This

voltage is called valley point

emitter voltage.
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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)

• The region between peak

point to valley point is

called negative resistance

region.

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)
0

• Once the valley point

reached any further

increase in emitter

current, places the device

in saturation.

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)

Peak point emitter current

(Ip)
• It is the emitter current at
which UJT is driven into on
state.

• It represents the minimum

current that is required to
trigger the UJT. It is inversely
proportional to the inter
base voltage VBB.

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)

VALLY POINT VOLTAGE (VV)

• The valley point voltage is the

emitter voltage at which UJT
goes into saturation.
• The valley voltage

increases with increase in

inter base voltage VBB

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V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF UJT (contd.)

Vally point current (IV)

0

• The valley point current is the

minimum emitter current at which
UJT goes into saturation.

• It increases with increase in

inter-base voltage VBB.

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Summary

• When VE less than VP the UJT is in cutoff

state.
• When VE less than VP the emitter current in UJT is
called leakage current .

• While UJT is in on condition UJT exhibits negative

resistance property.

• When VE exceeded Vv the UJT entered into

saturation region.

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Quiz

1. A Uni-junction transistor is

(a). low resistance device.

(b). high resistance device.

(c). negative resistance device.

(d). inductive device.

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• The peak point voltage of UJT, when η=0.5,
VBB=12V, VD=0.7V

(a). 12 V

(b). 6 V

(c). 6.7 V

(d). 24.7 V

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• The inter base resistance of UJT, when RB1=8KΩ
and RB2=2KΩ

(a). 10KΩ

(b). 8KΩ

(c). 3KΩ

(d). 0.8KΩ

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4. The UJT exhibits negative resistance between

(a). peak point and zero.

(b). peak point and cut-off point.

(c). peak point and vally point.

(d). none

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 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

• Draw the V-I characteristics of UJT?

• Identify VP,IP and negative resistance region in

characteristics of UJT?

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