EE 101

Lecture 5th September

Self biasing circuits

Biasing : Forcing it to behave in a certain way Biasing a transistor means bringing it to a quiescent point. ( IC, VCE, IB ) Replace the base side by a Thevenin equivalent.

Decoupled base side

KVL on base circuit : 5 = (2/3) * 106 IB + 0.7 + (+1)IB * 103 IB = 5.5 * 10-6 A KVL on CE side : 15 = 103 * 1000 * 5.5 * 10-6 + VCE + 1000 * 101 * 5.5 * 10-6 VCE = 13.89 V IC = 5.5 * 10-6 *100 A = 0.55 mA We can increase IB by short circuiting emitter resistance. Then, 5 = (2/3) * 106 IB + 0.7 IB = 6.45 * 10-6 A Now, 15 = 103 * 1000 * 5.5 * 10-6 + VCE VCE = 14.35 V
2

( >5.5 * 10-6 A )

We now try to find IB when transistor just goes to saturation. We take VCE = 0.2 V IC = (15 0.2)/1 = 14.8 mA I = IC / 100 = 0.148 mA To find RB for such saturation, 5 = RB * 0.148 * 10-3 + 0.7 RB = 29 k We need to choose resistance such that one is twice the other and Req is 29 k. (2X * X) / 3X = 29 X = 43.5 k So, resistances must be 44 k and 88 k

i.e for small signals :

IB, IC, IE represents current for large signals. For small signals we use iB . IB = IBo exp(VBE / VT)

IB / VBE = IB / VT r = VT / IB

VT = thermal voltage = KT/q

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