neonstrobe
- Joined May 15, 2009
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Just a small point - when you said " Because I'm only giving one input to the first transistor Q1, the second Q2 does not do anything, so I could directly put its base to 0V and turn it off? " you don't turn a transistor off in a differential stage, you keep both conducting the same current.
As others have said, you only need base bias resistors to go between the bases and ground (0V) - but you do need to make the bias resistors the same, or the voltage drop on each side will be different. So don't connect directly to 0V but use a resistor.
The capacitor to ground will hold the base grounded to A.C. signals. That's why there is a capacitor there.
As others have said, you only need base bias resistors to go between the bases and ground (0V) - but you do need to make the bias resistors the same, or the voltage drop on each side will be different. So don't connect directly to 0V but use a resistor.
The capacitor to ground will hold the base grounded to A.C. signals. That's why there is a capacitor there.