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Example A BJT Circuit in Saturation
Example A BJT Circuit in Saturation
10.7 V
Therefore iB = 23.8 µA
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10.7 – 10 iC – VCE – 2 iE =0
Therefore,
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12/3/2004 Example A BJT Circuit in Saturation 3/7
Q: So what do we do now ?
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12/3/2004 Example A BJT Circuit in Saturation 4/7
5.7 - VB 10.7 - VC VE − 0
iB = iC = iE =
10 10 10
5.7 - VB 10.7 - VC VE
+ =
10 10 10
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12/3/2004 Example A BJT Circuit in Saturation 5/7
VB = 2.9 V VC = 2.4 V
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10.7 V
We can write the KVL equation
for any two circuit legs:
10.0 K iC
B-E KVL:
+
+
iB -0.5
5.7 – 10 iB – 0.7 – 2 iE = 0.0
-
5.7 V 0.2
+ C-E KVL:
10 K
0.7
-
- 10.7 – 10 iC – 0.2 – 2 iE = 0.0
2.0 K iE
5.0 = 10 iB + 2 iE
10.5 = 10 iC + 2 iE
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12/3/2004 Example A BJT Circuit in Saturation 7/7
Try KCL ! iB + iC = iE
10.5 = 2 iB + 12 iC