ELECTRONIC DEVICES LAB

Experiment 6 : Diode switching

Name : Adit Bhardwaj
Roll No. : 10002004
Group No. : 3
Date : 13/10/2011














EXPERIMENT -6
AIM:
1. To obtain the I-V characteristics of BJT for Common base Configuration.
2. To obtain the I-V characteristics of BJT in case of Common Emitter
Configuration.
3. To compute transistor parameters.
EQUIPMENT USED: BJT, resistors, multi-meter, two variable dc source.
PRINCIPLE
BJT: A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a three-terminal electronic device
constructed of doped semiconductor material and may be used in amplifying or
switching applications. Bipolar transistors are so named because their operation
involves both electrons and hole.

n-p-n
PROCEDURE:1
1.Circuit components were arranged on the bread board according to the
following circuit diagram for plotting I
E
vs V
BE
.

Fig 1 Circuit diagram
I
E
-V
BE
characteristic
Common Base
Configuration
2. I
E
vs V
BE
is plotted for V
CB
=1v and 2v. I
E
is varied 0 to 10mA by varying V
1
and V
2

and keeping V
CB
constant.
TABLE: Emitter current (I
E
) versus the base-emitter voltage (V
BC
) for a common
base configuration with:
1. Collector base voltage constant at 1V.

Emitter base Voltage (V
BE
) Emitter current (I)
0 0
0.1 0
0.2 0
0.3 0
0.4 0
0.460 0.001
0.470 0.002
0.480 0.003
0.490 0.004
0.500 0.008
0.510 0.013
0.520 0.019
0.530 0.026
0.540 0.048
0.550 0.060
0.560 0.085
0.570 0.120
0.590 0.263
0.600 0.364
0.620 0.820
0.630 1.158
0.640 1.663
0.650 2.6
0.680 5.3
0.700 9.5

Plot:


2. Collector base voltage (V
CB
) constant at 2V.

Base- Emitter voltage (V
BE
) Emitter current (I)
0 0
0.1 0
0.2 0
0.3 0
0.4 0
0.460 0.001
0.468 0.001
0.470 0.002
0.475 0.002
0.485 0.003
0.490 0.005
0.500 0.010
0.510 0.012
0.520 0.019
0.530 0.027
0.540 0.040
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
I
E
vs V
BC
for CB
configuration at V
CB
1V.
Scale:
on x-axis V
BC
1unit=1volt
on y-axis I
E

1unit=1amp

0.550 0.055
0.560 0.088
0.570 0.123
0.575 0.148
0.580 0.178
0.590 0.262
0.600 0.391
0.610 0.562
0.620 0.827
0.630 1.294
0.650 3.481
0.660 7.312
0.670 9.541


Plot:





-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
I
E
vs V
BC
for CB
configuration at V
CB
2V.
Scale:
on x-axis V
BC
1unit=1volt
on y-axis I
E

1unit=1amp
PROCEDURE: 2
1. All Circuit components were arranged on the bread board according to the
following circuit diagram.

2. I
C
vs V
CE
at Base current (I
B
) equal to 50 micro ampere. I
C
is varied 0 to 15mA by
varying V
1
and V
2
and keeping I
B
constant.
TABLE: Collector current(Ic) versus Collector Emitter voltage (V
CE
) at Base current
(I
B
) constant.
1. At I
B
=50A.
Collector Emitter voltage (V
CE
) in V Collector current(Ic) in mA
0 0
0.03 0
0.06 0.492
0.09 1.263
0.11 2.878
0.13 3.8
0.15 5.7
0.69 11.8
0.73 12.2
0.96 13.4
1.1 14.0
1.3 14.6
1.5 15.1
1.7 15.5
1.95 15.6
Fig 2 Circuit diagram
I
C
-V
CB
characteristic:
Common Emitter
Configuration
Plot:

2. I
B
=150A
S.no VCE (V) IC (mA)
1.
0.067 3.93
2.
0.092 6.6
3.
0.121 10.3
4.
0.131 11.5
5.
0.138 12.3
6.
0.146 13
7.
0.209 17.8
8.
0.668 23.4
9.
1.53 30.4
10.
4.96 45




-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
I
c
vs V
CE
for CE
configuration at
I
B
=50A
Scale:
on x-axis V
BC
1unit=1volt
on y-axis I
E

1unit=1amp


Plot:

PROCEDURE: 3
1.All Circuit components were arranged on the bread board according to the
following circuit diagram.

2. I
C
vs I
B
at V
CE
=2v is plotted.



0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Fig 3 Circuit diagram
I
C
-I
B
characteristic:
Common Emitter
Configuration
I
c
vs V
CE
for CE
configuration at
I
B
=50A
Scale:
on x-axis V
BC
1unit=1volt
on y-axis I
E

1unit=1amp
TABLE: Collector current (I
C
) vs Base current (I
B
) at constant Collector Emitter
voltage V
CE
=2V.
S.No I
C
(mA) I
B
(mA) (mA/mA)
1. 0.487 0.001 487
2. 0.812 0.002 406
3. 2.7 0.008 337.5
4. 5.4 0.016 337.5
5. 7.9 0.024 329.1667
6. 16.4 0.05 328
7. 22.6 0.073 309.589
8. 27.7 0.103 268.932
9. 30.4 0.127 239.3701

Plot:


Result:
1. I
E
vs V
BC
for CB configuration at V
CB
is a exponential increasing curve.
2. I
c
vs V
CE
for CE configuration at I
B
increases sharply and then become almost
constant.
3. vs I
C
( log scale) is a decreasing curve shown in graph.
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0.1 1 10 100

Current in I
C
Log scale (mA)
vs I
C
( log scale).
Scale:
on x-axis I
C
1unit=1mA
on y-axis
1unit=1unit