525511-10-2E AID: 20556 | 03/09/2016

From the transistor switching circuit shown in FIGURE 10.7

A bipolar transistor is connected to a resistive load.
The source voltage is VCC 40 V
Load resistance RL 10
Bipolar junction transistor is said to be in cut-off region, when both the junctions of the
transistor are reverse biased.
In cut-off condition, emitter current is zero and collector current consists of small reverse
saturation currents.
IE 0
IC IB 0
IB IC
In the cut-off region, the transistor parameters are:
The collector current is IC 10 mA
The base current is IB 10 mA

a) The Load power in a transistor circuit is:

PL VCC IC
PL 40 10 10 3
PL 400 103
PL 0.4 W

b) When the transistor is in cut-off region, the collector-emitter voltage value is equals to
The source voltage minus voltage drop across the loads
VCE VCC RL IC
3
VCE 40 10 10 10
VCE 40 0.1
VCE 39.9
The losses in the collector-emitter circuit are:
PCE IC VCE
PCE 10 10 3 39.9
PCE 399 10 3
PCE 0.399
The losses in the base-emitter circuit are:
PBE IB VBE

Since the base-emitter junction is just a diode in the forward bias, the value
of
VBE is in the range of 0 VBE 0.5
Considering the value of VBE is 0.4V
PBE 10 10 3 0.4
Therefore, PBE 0.004
The input power in a transistor circuit is equals to Load power in a transistor circuit
Plus losses in a transistor circuit
PI PL PBE PCE
PI 0.4 0.004 0.399
PI 0.795
PI 0.795 W
The efficiency of the circuit is
PL
100%
PI
0.4
100%
0.795
0.50314 100%
50.314%