BJT Tutorial Solutions

4. For the circuit shown in Fig 4, draw a complete small-signal equivalent circuit using T model for
the BJT (use α = 0.99). Your circuit should show the values of all components, including model
parameters. What is the input resistance Rin and output resistance Rout? Determine the overall
voltage gain (vo/vsig)

Figure 1

Solution:

+9V

RC 10k
RC 10k

C vo
B C
Q1 B
E Q1 RL
Rsig E 10k

0
0.5mA
vsig

DC Equivalent Circuit AC Equivalent Circuit

Rsig E re C
vo
0 ie αie
vsig B RC RL
10k 10k

T Model
 𝑉𝑇 25.7𝑚𝑉
𝑟𝑒 = = = 0.0514𝑘Ω = 𝑅𝑖𝑛
𝐼𝐸 0.5𝑚𝐴
𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 𝑅𝐶 ||𝑅𝐿 = 5𝑘Ω
0 − 𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑖𝑛
𝑖𝑒 = =−
𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒
0.99𝑣𝑖𝑛
𝑖𝑐 = 𝛼𝑖𝑒 = −
𝑟𝑒
0.99𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑡
𝑣𝑜 = −𝑖𝑐 𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 𝑣𝑖𝑛 = 96.3𝑣𝑖𝑛
𝑟𝑒
𝑣𝑜
𝐴𝑣 = = 96.3
𝑣𝑖𝑛
𝑟𝑒
𝐺𝑣 = 𝐴 = 48.8
𝑟𝑒 + 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 𝑣

5. In the circuit shown in Fig 5, the transistor has a current gain β of 200. What is the dc voltage at
the collector? Find the input resistances Rib and Rin and the overall voltage gain (vo/vsig).

Figure 2

Solution:
 +5V

+1.5V 10 mA

RB 10k RB 10k
E Rsig E
Q1 Q1
B B
C 1k C
vo
vsig
RC 00 RC 00

DC equivalent circuit AC equivalent circuit

𝛽𝐼𝐸
𝐼𝐶 = = 9.95𝑚𝐴
𝛽+1
𝑉𝐶 = 𝐼𝐶 𝑅𝐶 = 0.995𝑉
𝑉𝐵 = 1.5𝑉 + 𝐼𝐵 𝑅𝐵 = 2𝑉
=> 𝐵𝐶 𝑗𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑠 => 𝐵𝐽𝑇 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒

Rsig B C ic
vo
1k
RB βib
vsig 10k
rπ ib RC 00

Hybrid-π Model

9.95𝑚𝐴
𝑔𝑚 = 𝐼𝐶 ⁄𝑉𝑇 = = 387𝑚𝐴/𝑉
25.7𝑚𝑉
200
𝑟𝜋 = 𝛽 ⁄𝑔𝑚 = = 0.52𝑘Ω = 𝑅𝑖𝑏
387𝑚𝐴/𝑉
𝑅𝑖𝑛 = 𝑅𝑖𝑏 ||𝑅𝐵 = 0.494𝑘Ω
𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 𝑅𝐶 = 100Ω
𝑖𝑏 = −𝑣𝑖 ⁄𝑅𝑖𝑏 = −𝑣𝑖 ⁄𝑟𝜋 = −0.001923𝑣𝑖

𝑖𝑐 = 𝛽𝑖𝑏 = −0.3846𝑣𝑖
𝑣𝑜 = 𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑐 = −38.46𝑣𝑖
𝐴𝑣 = 𝑣𝑜 ⁄𝑣𝑖 = −38.46
𝑅𝑖𝑛 0.494𝑘Ω
𝐺𝑣 = 𝑣𝑜 ⁄𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔 = 𝐴𝑣 = (−38.46) = −12.72
𝑅𝑖𝑛 + 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 0.494𝑘Ω + 1𝑘Ω