Bipolar Junction

Transistors (BJTs)

BJT

Current Flow

Ebers-Moll Model

Large Signal Model

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Active Mode:

Problems:

Find terminal voltages and currents and check whether the

transistor will work in active mode?
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Common Base Characteristics:

Input:

Output:

Common Emitter Characteristics and Early Effect:

ic = Is eVBE/VT (1+VCE/VA)
Figure 5.19 (a) Conceptual circuit for measuring the iC vCE characteristics of the BJT. (b) The iC vCE characteristics of a practical BJT.