Question 5.8: Objective: Design the common-base circuit shown in Figure 5....

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Objective: Design the common-base circuit shown in Figure 5.32 such that $I_{E Q} = 0.50 mA$ and $V_{EC Q} = 4.0 V$ .

Assume transistor parameters of β = 120 and $V_{E B}(on) = 0.7 V$ .

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