BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS

2 MARKS QUESTIONS

Q.1. Why an ordinary junction transistor is called bipolar?

Q.2. Why transistor is called current controlled device?

Q.3. Why silicon type transistors are more often used than germanium type?

Q.4. Why collector is made larger than emitter and base?

Q.5. Why the width of the base region of a transistor is kept very small compared to other regions?

Q.6. Why emitter is always forward biased?

Q.7. Why collector is always reverse - biased w.r.t base?

Q.8. Can a transistor be obtained by connecting tow semiconductor diodes back - to - back?

Q.9. How a and ß are related to each other?

Q.10. Define beta of a transistor

Q11. Define what are the main purposes for which a CC amplifier may be used.

Q12. How BJT can be used as an amplifier

5 MARKS QUESTIONS

Q13. Define what is meant by operating point?

Q14. Why CE configuration is most popular in amplifier circuits?

Q15. Define what is meant by operating point?

Q16. Define what do you understand by collector reverse saturation? In which configuration does it
have a greater value?

Q17. Why CC configuration is called a voltage buffer? Define what is other name?

Q18. Which configuration among CE, CB, CC gives highest input impedance and no voltage gain?

Q19. Why is there a maximum limit of collector supply voltage for a transistor?

Q20. Define why ICEO >> ICBO?

Q21. What are ' emitter injection efficiently ' and base transport factor ' and how do they influence
the transistor operation?

Q22. Which of the transistor currents is always the largest? Which is always the smallest? Which two
currents are relatively close in magnitude?

Q23. Discuss the need for biasing the transistor.

Q24. Define what is the significance of the arrow - head in the transistor symbol?

Q25. What is the major difference between a bipolar and a unipolar device?
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Q26. How must the two transistor junctions be biased for proper transistor amplifier operation?

Q27. What is the source of the leakage current in a transistor?

Q28. if the emitter current of a transistor is 8 mA and IB is 1/100 of IC, determine the levels of IC

and IB.

Q29. Which of the transistor currents is always the largest? Which is always the smallest? Which

two currents are relatively close in magnitude?

Q30. Using the characteristics of Fig. determine VBE at IE -

5 mA for VCB -

1, 10, and 20 V.

Is it reasonable to assume on an approximate basis that VCB has only a slight effect on the
relationship between VBE and IE?

Q31. (a) Given an   dc of 0.998, determine IC if IE – 4mA

(b) Determine dc if IE - 2.8 mA and IB – 20A

(c) Find IE if IB - 40A and dc Is 0.98

Q32. (a) Given that dc – 0.987 determine the corresponding value of dc.

(b) Given

dc - 120, determine the corresponding value of dc.

(c) Given that

dc - 180 and IC – 2.0mA, find IE and IB.

Q33. Determine the region of operation for a transistor having the characteristics of Fig. if

ICmax - 7 mA, VCEmax- 17V and PCmax- 40mW.

Q34. Using the characteristics of Fig. determine whether the input capacitance in the

common-base configuration increases or decreases with increasing levels of reverse-bias potential

Can you explain why?

Q35. Sketch the transistor symbol for a pnp and npn transistor, and then insert the conventional
flow direction for each current.