Problems for BJT Section Lecture notes: Sec. 3 F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012 Exercise 1: Find state of transistor and its currents/voltages. (Si BJT with β = 100, βmin = 50). PNP Transistor iC = 1 mA > 0 : BJT is NOT in cut-off iE = 1.2 mA iB = iE − iC = 0.2 mA iC / iB = 1/0.2 = 5 < βmin BJT is in saturation: vCE = Vsat = 0.2 V vBE = VD0 = 0.7 V F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012 iB = 10 µA > 0: BJT is NOT in cut-off vEC = 5 V > VD0 = 0.7 V BJT is in active mode: iC = β iB = 1 mA vEB = VD0 = 0.7 V Exercise 2: Compute transistor parameters (Si BJT with β = 100). EB - KVL : 12 = vEB + 40 × 103 iB + 8 → 4 = vEB + 40 × 103 iB EC - KVL : 12 = vEC + 103 iC Assume Cut - off : iB = 0 and vEB < VD 0 = 0.7 V EB - KVL : 4 = 40 × 103 × 0 + vEB → vEB = 4 V vEB = 4 V > VD 0 = 0.7 V → Assumption incorrect EB ON : vEB = VD 0 = 0.7 V and iB ≥ 0 EB - KVL : 4 = 40 × 103 × iB + 0.7 → iB = 82.5 µ A > 0 Assume Active : iC = β iB and vEC ≥ VD 0 = 0.7 V iC = β iB = 100 × 82.5 × 10 −6 = 8.25 mA EC - KVL : 12 = vEC + 103 × 8.25 × 10 −3 → vEC = 3.75 V vEC = 3.75 V > VD 0 = 0.7 V → Assumption correct F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012 PNP Transistor! Exercise 3: Compute transistor parameters (Si BJT with β = 100). BE - KVL : 4 = 40 × 103 iB + vBE + 103 iE CE - KVL : 12 = 103 iC + vCE + 103 iE Assume Cut - off : iB = 0, iC = 0 and vBE < VD 0 = 0.7 V iE = iB + iC = 0 BE - KVL : 4 = 40 × 103 × 0 + vBE + 103 × 0 → vBE = 4 V vBE = 4 V > VD 0 = 0.7 V → Assumption incorrect Because BE-KVL depends on iE (there is a resistor in the emitter circuit), iB would depend on the state of transistor (active or saturation)e F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012 Exercise 3 (cont’d): Compute transistor parameters (Si BJT with β = 100). BE - KVL : 4 = 40 × 103 iB + vBE + 103 iE CE - KVL : 12 = 103 iC + vCE + 103 iE Assume Active : iC = β iB and vCE ≥ VD 0 = 0.7 V BE ON : vBE = VD 0 = 0.7 V and iB ≥ 0 iE = iB + iC = ( β + 1) iB = 101iB BE - KVL : 4 = 40 × 103 iB + vBE + 103 × 101 iB 4 = (40 +101) × 103 iB + 0.7 → iB = 23.4 µA iC = β iB = 100 × 23.4 × 10 −6 = 2.34 mA iE = iB + iC = 2.36 mA CE - KVL : 12 = 103 × 2.34 × 10 −3 + vCE + 103 × 2.36 × 10 −3 → vCE = 7.3 V vCE = 7.3 V > VD 0 = 0.7 V → Assumption correct It is a very good approximation to set iE ≈ iC in the active mode! F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012 Exercise 4: Compute transistor parameters (Si BJT with β = 100). EB - KVL : 10 = 103 iE + vEB EC - KVL : 10 = 103 iC + vEC + 103 iE − 10 Since a 10-V supply is in the EB circuit, EB junction is probably ON Assume Active : iC = β iB and vEC ≥ VD 0 = 0.7 V EB ON : vEB = VD 0 = 0.7 V and iB ≥ 0 10 − vEB = 4.65 mA > 0 3 2 × 10 i iB = E = 46.0 µA β +1 iC = β iB = 4.60 mA iE = (EB ON justified!) PNP Transistor! EC - KVL : 20 = 2 × 103 × 4.65 × 10 −3 + vEC + 103 × 4.60 × 10 −3 → vEC = 6.10 V vEC = 6.10 V > VD 0 = 0.7 V → Assumption correct F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012 Exercise 5: Find iC2 (Si BJTs with β 1 = 100 and β 2 = 50 ). Darlington Pair: If Q1 is ON: iE1 > 0 → iB2 > 0 → Q2 is ON! If Q1 is OFF: iE1 = 0 → iB2 = 0 → Q2 is OFF! If both in active: iE1 = ( β1 + 1) iB1 iB 2 = iE1 = ( β1 + 1) iB1 iC 2 = β 2 iB 2 = β 2 ( β1 + 1) iB1 ≈ β1β 2 iB1 Q1 & Q2 act as a super-high-β BJT Note: It is possible that one BJT be in active and one in saturation F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012 Darlington Pair iE 1 = iB 2 Exercise 5 (cont’d): Find iC2 (Si BJTs with β 1 = 100 and β 2 = 50 ). BE1 + BE2 - KVL : 3 = 470 × 103 iB1 + vBE1 + vBE 2 CE1 - KVL : 10 = 4.7 × 103 iC1 + vCE1 + vBE 2 CE2 - KVL : 10 = 470 iC 2 + vCE 2 Darlington Pair : iE1 = iB 2 Since a 3-V supply is in the BE1+BE2 circuit, both BJTs are probably ON. BEs ON : vBE1 = vBE 2 = VD 0 = 0.7 V and iB1 ≥ 0 & iB 2 ≥ 0 BE1 + BE2 - KVL : 3 = 470 × 103 × iB1 + 0.7 + 0.7 → iB1 = 3.40 µ A > 0 Darlington Pair with Q1 ON → Q2 is ON Assume Q1 Active : iC1 = β 1iB1 and vCE1 ≥ VD 0 = 0.7 V iC1 = β 1iB1 = 100 × 3.40 × 10 −6 = 0.340 mA CE1 - KVL : 10 = 4.7 × 103 iC1 + vCE1 + vBE 2 → vCE1 = 7.70 V vCE1 = 7.70 V > VD 0 = 0.7 V → Assumption correct F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012 Exercise 5 (cont’d): Find iC2 (Si BJTs with β 1 = 100 and β 2 = 50 ). BE1 + BE2 - KVL : 3 = 470 × 103 iB1 + vBE1 + vBE 2 CE1 - KVL : 10 = 4.7 × 103 iC1 + vCE1 + vBE 2 CE2 - KVL : 10 = 470 iC 2 + vCE 2 Darlington Pair : iE1 = iB 2 From previous slide: vBE1 = vBE 2 = 0.7 V iB1 = 3.40 µ A iC1 = 0.340 mA (Q1 active) vCE1 = 7.70 V iB 2 = iE1 = ( β 1+ 1)iB1 = 0.343 mA Assume Q2 Active : iC 2 = β 2iB 2 and vCE 2 ≥ VD 0 = 0.7 V iC 2 = β 2iB 2 = 50 × 0.343 × 10 −3 = 17.2 mA CE2 - KVL : 10 = 470 iC 2 + vCE 2 → vCE 2 = 1.94 V vCE 2 = 1.94 V > VD 0 = 0.7 V → Assumption correct F. Najmabadi, ECE65, Winter 2012