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Configuration CE CC CB

Voltage Gain High <1 HIgh

Current Gain High High <1

Power Gain High Moderate Moderate

Phase Inversion Yes No No BJT Characteristics

Input Moderate High Low
Impedance (≈1K) (≈300K) (≈50 Ohm)

Output Moderate Low High

Impedance (≈50K) (≈300 Ohm) (≈1M)

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Number of Variables involved Variables in an Amplifier Configuration

 Diode
– One current and one voltage
BJT
Input voltage Output voltage
 BJT Input current Output current
– Three currents and three voltages!
– They are interdependent
– How many characteristic graphs?
Four Variables
Vi, Ii, Vo, Io

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Three Characteristics of a BJT in a given

Characteristics of a BJT
Amplifier Configuration

Static Transfer
Characteristics Static Output Characteristics

 Static Input Characteristics

BJT
Static Input Static Output
Characteristics Characteristics  Static Transfer Characteristics
– Mutual Characteristics

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Test Circuit for CE Configuration Static Input Characteristics

 The plot of input current against input

voltage

– Keep the output voltage constant

– Multiple curves for each constant value

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Static Input Characteristics for CE

Configuration

 For CE configuration it is the plot of Base current

vs Base voltage

– Collector voltage is kept constant

– Remember diode characteristics >

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Static Input Characteristics Static Output Characteristics

 The plot of output current against output voltage

– Keep the input current constant

– Multiple curves for each constant value

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Static Output Characteristics Static Output Characteristics

 For CE configuration it is the plot of Collector

current vs Collector voltage

– Base current is kept constant

>

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Static Output Characteristics Static Transfer Characteristics

 The plot of output current against input current

– Keep the output voltage constant
– Multiple curves for each constant value

 For CE configuration it is the plot of Collector current

vs Base current
– Collector voltage is kept constant
– Linear behaviour

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Controlled Vs. Controlling Controlled Vs. Controlling

Collector Collector
Current Current

Saturation Region

Active / Amplifying
Region

Cut-off Region
Base Current Base Current

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Typical Static Output Characteristics for

CE Three Regions
 Cut-off Region
 Saturation
Region
Active Region

Saturation
 Active Region
(Amplifying
Cut-off Region
Region)

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Summary of BJT Characteristics

Collector
Current

All Characteristics
in one diagram
Base Current

BJT

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Biasing in CE Configuration

BJT in
Common Emitter Amplifier
Configuration

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Output Side is a Potential Divider… Kirchoff’s Voltage Law

VLOAD + VTRANSISTOR = VSUPPLY

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A Negative Resistance ? Activity

When collector current is increased voltage across
……………… rises and voltage across ………………
IC
decreases. When the input voltage increases,
collector current ………………., and the voltage
IB
across the load …………………… . The output
IE voltage is the C-E voltage across the transistor. It
………, as a result of the increase in load voltage.

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Answer Conceptualizing …
Proportional Lighting in Amplifying Mode
When collector current is increased voltage across
the LOAD rises and voltage across TRANSISTOR
decreases. When the input voltage increases,
collector current RISES, and the voltage across
the load RISES AS A RESULT. The output voltage
is the C-E voltage across the transistor. It DROPS,
as a result of the increase in load voltage.

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Lighting Proportional to Sound

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