ASSIGNMENT #2: Show your complete solutions. Use one graph each for numbers 1 to 3.

1. Given the BJT transistor characteristics below:

(a) Draw a load line on the characteristics determined by E=21 V and RC =3 k for a fixed-bias
configuration.
(b) Choose an operating point midway between cutoff and saturation. Determine the value of
R
B
to establish the resulting operating point.
(c) What are the resulting values of I
CQ
and V
CEQ
?
(d) What is the value of at the operating point?
(e) What is the value of defined by the operating point?
(f) What is the saturation (I
Csa
t) current for the design?
(g) Sketch the resulting fixed-bias configuration.
(h) What is the dc power dissipated by the device at the operating point?
(i) What is the power supplied by V
CC
?



























2. Using the characteristics above, determine the following for an emitter-bias configuration
if a Q-point is defined at I
CQ
= 4 mA and V
CEQ
= 10 V.
(a) R
C
if V
CC
= 24 V and R
E
= 1.2 k.
(b) at the operating point.
(c) R
B
.

3. (a) Using the characteristics above, determine R
C
and R
E
for a voltage-divider network
having a Q-point of I
CQ
= 5 mA and V
CEQ
= 8 V. Use V
CC
=24 V and R
C
= 3RE.
(b) Find V
E
.
(c) Determine V
B
.
(d) Find R
2
if R
1
=24k assuming that RE > 10R2.
(e) Calculate at the Q-point.

4. Design the transistor inverter below to operate with a saturation current of 8 mA using a
transistor with a beta of 100. Use a level of I
B
equal to 120% of I
Bmax
and standard resistor
values.
















5. For the network below, determine:
(a) S (I
CO
).
(b) S (V
BE
).
(c) S () using T
1
as the temperature at which the parameter values are specified and (T
2
) as
25% more than (T
1
).
(d) Determine the net change in I
C
if a change in operating conditions results in I
CO
increasing
from 0.2 to 10 A, V
BE
drops from 0.7 to 0.5 V, and increases 25%.