Explain the operation of the transistor in this Commom Emitter circuit with reference to base,collector and emitter currents.

• Collector Current ic = 800mAdc
• Gain HFE = 100
• Collector Base Voltage – 75Vdc
• Total Power Dispersion – 500mW

Thanks for any help

 

So, if you have simulated it, you should be able to see how it works...

If you want to use a text-book model and use calculations, then show us what you have already tried...

 

So what have you done so far in determining those currents?

Do you know how a transistor works?

 

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So what have you done so far in determining those currents?

Do you know how a transistor works?

rutschow, post: 791473, member: 19451"]So what have you done so far in determining those currents?

Do you know how a transistor works?[/QUOTE]
A transistor is an electronic switch that opporates like a valve, there a three pins, the most simple one is an npn transistor ( the order on most is basec collector, and emitter). The base, is where a small signal such as an audio signal from your headphone Jack from your cellphone or other audio source. This controls the voltage between the collector and emitter. Next, the collector, the collector is where the positive rail from your power supply goes in, then your negative goes into the collector. The collector gets your load,( led, speaker, motor, even a relay). Now a small signal transistor uses a very small signal( including, a headphone Jack signal, possibly a microphone, a piezoelectric transducer, even if you just touch the base and emitter pins with your finger).

 

A transistor is an electronic switch that opporates like a valve, there a three pins, the most simple one is an npn transistor ( the order on most is basec collector, and emitter). The base, is where a small signal such as an audio signal from your headphone Jack from your cellphone or other audio source. This controls the voltage between the collector and emitter. Next, the collector, the collector is where the positive rail from your power supply goes in, then your negative goes into the collector. The collector gets your load,( led, speaker, motor, even a relay). Now a small signal transistor uses a very small signal( including, a headphone Jack signal, possibly a microphone, a piezoelectric transducer, even if you just touch the base and emitter pins with your finger).

This is a rather poor and misleading description of how a transistor works. For instance, the claim that the voltage at the base controls the voltage between the collector and emitter. Whether this even appears to be the case is dependent on the circuitry that the transistor interacts with and not the transistor itself.

The statement, "the collector is where the positive rail from your power supply goes in, then your negative goes into the collector," is nonsensical.

A small-signal transistor does not necessarily use a small signal. In fact, the input signal may be as large or even larger than the output signal.

 

Your data in the first post is mostly wrong. It is your job to start figuring out the currents and voltages.
Start with R1 and R3.

 

At a guess i would say approx 2.5mA Ic, Vce 4V.

 

How about letting the op do something.

 

How about letting the op do something.

I second the motion.

 

At a guess i would say approx 2.5mA Ic, Vce 4V.

First rule in Homework: Don't just hand them the answer. Help them understand it.

 

Your data in the first post is mostly wrong. It is your job to start figuring out the currents and voltages.
Start with R1 and R3.

What data is wrong. These seem to be straight out of the data sheet, though of course the hfe is given as a specific value instead of a min or a range.

 

Oops. I thought the data was the specs for this circuit.

 

Oops. I thought the data was the specs for this circuit.

I was wondering that at first, too. It took a bit of head scratching to conclude that it was meant to be datasheet info. The 75V spec was the one that steered be in that direction pretty quickly.