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Experiment No.

13
UJT CHARACTERISTICS
AIM: 1. To Study and plot the Emitter characteristics of a UJT.
2. To find the peak voltage (Vp) and valley voltage (Vv) for a given UJT.

APPARATUS:

S.No Name of the Apparatus Range Quantity


1 UJT (2N2646) 1
2 Resistors 1KΩ 2
3 Regulated Power Supply (0-30)V DC 1
4 Bread Board 1
5 Digital Ammeter (0-200)mA 1
6 Digital Voltmeter (0-20)V DC 2
7 Connecting Wires As Required

THEORY:
A Unijunction Transistor (UJT) is an electronic semiconductor device that has only one
junction. The UJT Unijunction Transistor (UJT) has three terminals an emitter (E) and two
bases (B1 and B2). The base is formed by lightly doped n-type bar of silicon. Two ohmic
contacts B1 and B2 are attached at its ends. The emitter is of p-type and it is heavily doped.
The resistance between B1 and B2, when the emitter is open-circuit is called interbase
resistance. The original unijunction transistor, or UJT, is a simple device that is essentially a
bar of N type semiconductor material into which P type material has been diffused somewhere
along its length. The 2N2646 is the most commonly used version of the UJT.

Fig: Circuit symbol of UJT

The UJT is biased with a positive voltage between the two bases. This causes a potential drop
along the length of the device. When the emitter voltage is driven approximately one diode
voltage above the voltage at the point where the P diffusion (emitter) is, current will begin to
flow from the emitter into the base region. Because the base region is very lightly doped, the
additional current (actually charges in the base region) causes (conductivity modulation) which
reduces the resistance of the portion of the base between the emitter junction and the B2
terminal. This reduction in resistance means that the emitter junction is more forward biased,
and so even more current is injected. Overall, the effect is a negative resistance at the emitter
terminal. This is what makes the UJT useful, especially in simple oscillator circuits. When the
emitter voltage reaches VP, the current starts to increase and the emitter voltage starts to
decrease. This is represented by negative slope of the characteristics which is referred to as the
negative resistance region, beyond the valley point, RB1 reaches minimum value and this
region, VEB proportional to IE.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

PROCEDURE:
1. All the connections are made as per the circuit diagram.
I
2. The output Base voltage (VBB) is fixed at 5V by varying VBB .
3. Varying VEE gradually, note down both the Emitter current (IE) and Emitter voltage (VE).
4. Repeat Step 3 for VBB = 10V.
5. Plot the graph by taking IE (mA) on x-axis and VE (v) on y-axis.
OBSERVATIONS:

VBB = 5V VBB = 10V


S.No VE (V) IE (mA) VE (V) IE (mA)

MODEL GRAPH:
PRECAUTIONS:
1. While doing the experiment do not exceed the ratings of the UJT. This may lead
to damage the UJT.
2. Connect voltmeter and Ammeter in correct polarities as shown in the
circuit diagram.
3. Do not switch ON the power supply unless you have checked the
circuit connections as per the circuit diagram.
4. Make sure while selecting the emitter, base-1 and base-2 terminals of the UJT.

RESULT: The Emitter characteristics of a UJT are studied and plotted. The peak voltage
(Vp) and valley voltage (Vv) for a given UJT are found.
1. The peak voltage (VP) of a UJT is
.
2. The valley voltage (Vv) of a UJT is
.

VIVA QUESTIONS:
1. Draw the equivalent circuit of UJT?
2. What are the applications of UJT?
3. Write the formula for the intrinsic stand off ratio?
4. What does it indicates the direction of arrow in the UJT?
5. What is the difference between FET and UJT?
6. Is UJT is used an oscillator? Why?
7. What is the Resistance between B1 and B2 is called as?
8. What is its value of resistance between B1 and B2?
9. Draw the characteristics of UJT?

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