Question 8.18: Voltage and Current Gain-Input and Output Resistance For the...

Voltage and Current Gain-Input and Output Resistance

For the circuit shown in Figure 8.56 find A_v, A_i, R_i, and R_o.

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DC analysis

The DC equivalent circuits are shown in Figure 8.57.

The Thévenin voltage, V_{BB}, corresponds to:

V_{BB}=21 \times \frac{45}{45+90}=7  V

Also, the Thévenin resistance corresponds to:

R_{B}=\frac{45 \times 90}{45+90}=30  k \Omega

Referring to Figure 8.57(b), and assuming the active region, the base current corresponds to:

\begin{aligned}I_{B} &=\frac{V_{BB}-0.7}{R_{B}+(1+\beta) R_{E}} \\&=\frac{7-0.7}{30+101 \times 2} \\&=0.0272  mA\end{aligned}

The collector current is given by:

I_{C}=\beta I_{B}=100 \times 0.0272=2.72  mA

The collector-emitter voltage corresponds to:

\begin{aligned}V_{CE} &=V_{CC}-I_{C} R_{C}-I_{E} R_{E} \\&=21-2.72 \times 3-(2.72+0.0272) \times 2 \\&=7.37  V\end{aligned}

Because V_{CE}>0.2  V, the transistor does operate in the active region; therefore, the assumption was correct.

AC analysis

The AC equivalent circuits are shown in Figure 8.58. The base-emitter resistance corresponds to:

r_{be}=\frac{0.259}{0.0272 \times 10^{-3}}=953.78  \Omega

Following the same procedure as in the previous examples:

\begin{aligned}&A_{v}=\frac{-100 \times 3000 \times 10,000}{(3000+10,000) \times 953.78}=-241.95 \\&A_{i}=-241.95 \times \frac{90,000\parallel45,000\parallel953.78}{10,000}=-22.37 \\&R_{i}=90,000\parallel45,000\parallel 953.78=924.39  \Omega \\&R_{o}=R_{C}=3  k \Omega\end{aligned}
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