GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL

AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

ECE 3040C: Microelectronic Circuits, Fall Semester 2011,
Homework #6 SOLUTIONS

1) BJT Operation and Design (15 points):

2) BJT in Reverse-Active Region (15 points): 2) BJT in Reverse-Active Region (15 points): What
are the values for R and IS for the transistor shown?

3) BJT Forward-Active Region (20 points):

4) Resistive Voltage Divider Biasing (30 points):
This problem can be solved either rigorously through iteration or approximately assuming a constant
VBE of 0.7V.
First the approximate solution:

Rig

More rigorous solution through iterations:

5) Biasing with Emitter Degeneration (20 points):

This problem can be solved either rigorously through iteration or approximately assuming a constant
VBE of 0.7V.
First the approximate solution:

More rigorous solution through iterations: