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Module 5 Lesson 2 Guinto, Rojas
Module 5 Lesson 2 Guinto, Rojas
THE UNIVERSAL
DC BIAS CIRCUIT
REPO RTERS:
G U I N T O , A X L M H AY N .
ROJAS, CHELMA D.
THE
a circuit that will keep the transistor
UNIVERSAL •
operating in the middle of the linear
DC BIAS active region.
CIRCUIT • it will be used in all the amplifier
circuits we consider and it sets the
constant or DC operating
conditions.
Power is supplied by the voltage
source Vcc, while R1 and R2 form a voltage
divider.
The collector and emitter resistors, Rc
and Re, complete the circuit.
Thevenin equivalent for the left half of the universal DC bias circuit.
Eq'n 11
Similarly, Eq’n (9)
produces;
Vcc– IcRc – Vce − IeRe = 0 eq’n 9 Ie = (β + 1)Ib Ic = βIb
Ic /β = Ib
Vcc– IcRc – Vce − (β + 1)IbRe = 0
eq'n.12
Thus if we know the four resistor values of our circuit, β, the power supply
voltage Vcc, and approximate Vbe, we can determine the operating point
from Eq’n (11), (12), and (10). We can also cast the equations in a form
more convenient to use if we know the operating point we want and seek
the appropriate resistor values:
Eq'n 11
Eq'n 13
Eq. 14
Eq'n 12
• Since we have two equations and four unknown
resistances, there is no unique solution to our DC bias
problem. As we will see later, other amplifier parameters
will further restrain our choice of resistor values. For
now, we note that a useful procedure is to start by
choosing R1 = R2 = 10kΩ and then using Eq’n (13) to
solve for Re and then Eq’n (14) to solve for Rc.
Eq'n 13
Eq. 14