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JoyAm

Joined Aug 21, 2014
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Hello everyone, there are somethings that i dont understand in this BJT circuit http://prntscr.com/4kx1ub
first thing to notice is that the way i see it the current that goes down the Rc resistance is IC+IB this sum gives us the IE current so i suppose they are the same, arent they ?
After that i made some sort of analysis here http://prntscr.com/4kx3vm (when i write f.o. i actually mean f.a )
The reason i bother myself with that circuit is that it is not dependent by temperature --> B (beta)
we know that α( alpha) =(B+1)/B which we can say that is a bit less than 1. but we still have that RB/B factor, how do we solve that confusion ? Thanks in advance :)
 

studiot

Joined Nov 9, 2007
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The first thing you need to learn is that when we analyse such circuits we do two analyses.

A DC or biasing analysis

An AC or signal analysis

The circuit parameters will not in general be the same for AC and DC.

It is usual to start with the DC biasing analysis and set the transistor up at its working or Q point first.

Is this what you would like to do?
 

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JoyAm

Joined Aug 21, 2014
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Yes i planned to make the small signal analysis after ( i am actually doing it atm ) can it lead me to wrong results if i do the dc analysis first ?
 

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JoyAm

Joined Aug 21, 2014
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No i havent but i believe that this circuit is self-biased so there is no need for such thing, right ?
 

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JoyAm

Joined Aug 21, 2014
126
The first thing you need to learn is that when we analyse such circuits we do two analyses.

A DC or biasing analysis

An AC or signal analysis

The circuit parameters will not in general be the same for AC and DC.

It is usual to start with the DC biasing analysis and set the transistor up at its working or Q point first.

Is this what you would like to do?
So i also made the ac analysis but i am not sure if my results are right, and even if they are i dont know how to interpret the result
http://prntscr.com/4l4epk
http://prntscr.com/4l4eu1
 

Jony130

Joined Feb 17, 2009
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The reason i bother myself with that circuit is that it is not dependent by temperature --> B (beta)
we know that α( alpha) =(B+1)/B which we can say that is a bit less than 1. but we still have that RB/B factor, how do we solve that confusion ? Thanks in advance
I don't understand what you are trying to say here? What confusion? The β ---> is a current gain = Ic/Ib. β varies with Ic current and also with temperature.
Vbe is also current and temperature dependent. As for the solution, looks good.

No i havent but i believe that this circuit is self-biased so there is no need for such thing, right ?
No. You always need to do a DC analysis. Because you don't know in witch operation region transistor is. The BJT can be in saturation, linear region or near cut-off. So you need to check this first.
So i also made the ac analysis but i am not sure if my results are right, and even if they are i dont know how to interpret the result
http://prntscr.com/4l4epk
http://prntscr.com/4l4eu1
Can you next time use white background?? And try to use a forum upload manager.
And you made a error.
Ix = Ic - IRb = h21*Ib - IRb and
IRb = ?
 

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JoyAm

Joined Aug 21, 2014
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I don't understand what you are trying to say here? What confusion? The β ---> is a current gain = Ic/Ib. β varies with Ic current and also with temperature.
Vbe is also current and temperature dependent. As for the solution, looks good.

No. You always need to do a DC analysis. Because you don't know in witch operation region transistor is. The BJT can be in saturation, linear region or near cut-off. So you need to check this first.

Can you next time use white background?? And try to use a forum upload manager.
And you made a error.
Ix = Ic - IRb = h21*Ib - IRb and
IRb = ?
Thanks for your reply sir, what i would like to do is have an expression without the β factor at all ( using approximations of course, is that possible ?
As about the IRB maybe its equal with (β-1)iB if we look at this as a mesh ? i assume rπ and RB are not parallel.
I think that what i write is best seen when i turn it this way, i wont do it again if its easier on white background.
I haven't tried the sites upload manager, is there any how to tutorial ?
 
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crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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......................what i would like to do is have an expression without the β factor at all ( using approximations of course, is that possible ?
.................
No. The DC bias point for your original circuit is affected by the β, so you can't ignore it.
 

Jony130

Joined Feb 17, 2009
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Thanks for your reply sir, what i would like to do is have an expression without the β factor at all ( using approximations of course, is that possible ?
But why you want an expression without the β factor?
And you always can assume that β = infinity. Which is not true, because in real life β is in range 100..800 for a small-signal BJT.

As about the IRB maybe its equal with (β-1)iB if we look at this as a mesh ? i assume rπ and RB are not parallel.
I think that what i write is best seen when i turn it this way, i wont do it again if its easier on white background.
IRb = (Vin - Vout)/RB

I haven't tried the sites upload manager, is there any how to tutorial ?
Simply click on "upload a file"
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JoyAm

Joined Aug 21, 2014
126
No. The DC bias point for your original circuit is affected by the β, so you can't ignore it.
Can we assume that RC and RB have the same "magnitude" ( i am not sure if this is the right term) and so RB/B<<RC so we practically ignore the RB/B ?

@jony 130 IRb = (Vin - Vout)/RB , yes thats right, thank you
and thanks for the tip about how to upload a file :)
 

crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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The circuit has negative feedback from the collector to base, which determines the bias point, and the amount of base current at the equilibrium point is determined by the transistor β, so any expression for the bias point that doesn't include β is not correct.
 

Jony130

Joined Feb 17, 2009
5,487
Actually the way i see it its Ix=IRb-Ic is that right ?
View attachment 72828is this result right ?
Do you agree that Ib*h21 = Ix + IRb ?? So Ix = Ib*h21 - IRb
And don't forget that

Vout = -Ix*Rc (1)

thus

Ix = Ib*h21 - IRb
and IRb = (Vin - Vout)/Rb

so

Ix = h21*Ib - (Vin/Rb - Vout/Rb) = h21*Ib - Vin/Rb + Vout/Rb


And Ib = Vin/h11

thus

Vout = -((h21*Vin)/h11 - Vin/Rb + Vout/Rb)*Rc

now simply solve for Vout/Vin
 
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