Beirut Arab University

Faculty of Engineering
Mechanical Eng. Dept.

Lab Session 8

Bipolar Transistors
by

Full name: Talal Hashem

ID:202003023

Lab Section: ☐ W 10:00-12:00 ☐ W 12:00 - 2:00 ☐ W 2:00 -- 4:00

Submitted to

Eng. Walaa El Diab

Mechanical Engineering Department

Faculty of Engineering

Beirut Arab University

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Faculty of Engineering
Mechanical Eng. Dept.

Objectives

Understand the principle of operation of a transistor, using its characteristic curves.

Parts List

- 1 NPN BF422 transistor

- 1 2N3904 transistor
- 1 33 kΩ resistor
- 1 330 Ω resistor

Part 1

1. Turn on the NI ELVIS II, open the NI ELVISmx Instrument Launcher

and use the following:

- Three-Wire Current-Voltage Analyzer (Three-wire curve generator)

2. Place the transistor in the Base, DUT+ and DUT- terminals in NI ELVIS
II. Post a photo for the graph in the box below.
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3. Use the NI ELVIS II to set up the circuit below, as shown in the illustration. Post
a photo of the circuit in the below box.

4. Using R2 = 1 kΩ. What are the values of IB, IC, and β.

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IB = 0.0006 A Mechanical Eng. Dept.

IC = 0.01141 A

β = 19

5. Using R2 = 470Ω. What are the values of IB, IC, and β.

IB = 0.0006 A

IC = 0.0187 A

β = 31.1