Quiz 2 Solutions
Quiz 2 Solutions
1. The terminal voltages of npn transistors are given below. identify the mode of (2)
operation of each transistor.
E B C Mode
1.3 2 5 Active
0 0 5 Cut-off
2. An npn transistor is operating in the active mode with 𝑉𝐵𝐸 = 690 mV, (4)
𝐼𝐶 = 1.0 mA, and 𝐼𝐸 = 1.02 mA (Take 𝑉𝑇 = 25 mV). Find out
𝐼𝐵 = 20 𝜇A 𝛼 = 0.98
𝛽 = 50 𝐼𝑆 = 1 × 10−15 A
3. Consider an npn transistor whose base-emitter drop is 0.76 V at a collector current (2)
of 5 mA. What current will it conduct at 𝑣𝐵𝐸 = 0.70 V?
Ans: 0.45 mA
4. In a particular BJT, the base current is 10 μA, and the collector current is (2)
800 μA. Find 𝛽 and 𝛼 for this device.
𝛼 = 0.988 𝛽 = 80
𝛽 = 46.5
(2)
6. For the circuit given, assume that the
transistors have very large β. Find the
values of 𝐼𝐸 and 𝑉𝐶 .
𝑽𝑪
𝐼𝐸 = 1.6 mA
𝑉𝐶 = − 4.5 V
𝑰𝑬
𝐼𝐸 = 0.35 mA
𝐼𝐵 = 0.007 mA
𝐼𝐶 = 0.345 mA
𝑉𝐸 = 0.8 V
𝑉𝐵 = 0
𝑉𝐶 = -0.81 V