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1 UNI-JUNCTION TRANSISTOR The UJT as the name implies, is characterized by a single pn junction. It exhibits negative resistance characteristic that makes it useful in oscillator circuits. The symbol for UJT is shown in fig.i. The UJT is having three terminals base1 (B1), base2 (B2) and emitter (E). The UJT is made up of an N-type silicon bar which acts as the base as shown in fig. ii. It is very lightly doped. A P-type impurity is introduced into the base, producing a single PN junction called emitter. The PN junction exhibits the properties of a conventional diode. Fig. i Fig.ii A complementary UJT is formed by a P-type base and N-type emitter. Except for the polarity of voltage and current the characteristic is similar to those of a conventional UJT. A simplified equivalent circuit for the UJT is shown in fig.iii. VBB is a source of biasing voltage connected between B2 and B1. When the emitter is open, the total resistance from B2 to B1 is simply the resistance of the silicon bar, this is known as the inter base resistance RBB. Since the N-channel is lightly doped, therefore RBB is relatively high, typically 5 to 10K ohm. RB2 is the resistance between B2 and point a', while RB1 is the resistance from point a' to B1, therefore the interbase resistance RBB is RBB = RB1 + RB2 1

2 Fig.iii The diode accounts for the rectifying properties of the PN junction. VD is the diode's threshold voltage. With the emitter open, IE = 0, and I1 = I 2. The interbase current is given by I1 = I2 = VBB / R BB. Part of VBB is dropped across RB2 while the rest of voltage is dropped across RB1. The voltage across RB1 is Va = VBB * (RB1 ) / (RB1 + RB2 ) The ratio RB1 / (RB1 + RB2 ) is called intrinsic standoff ratio h = RB1 / (RB1 + RB2 ) i.e. Va = h VBB. The ratio h is a property of UJT and it is always less than one and usually between 0.4 and As long as IB = 0, the circuit of behaves as a voltage divider. Assume now that ve is gradually increased from zero using an emitter supply VEE. The diode remains reverse biased till ve voltage is less than h VBB and no emitter current flows except leakage current. The emitter diode will be reversed biased. When ve = VD + h VBB, then appreciable emitter current begins to flow where VD is the diode's threshold voltage. The value of ve that causes, the diode to start conducting is called the peak point voltage and the current is called peak point current IP. VP = VD + h VBB. 2

3 The graph of fig. iv shows the relationship between the emitter voltage and current. ve is plotted on the vertical axis and IE is plotted on the horizontal axis. The region from ve = 0 to ve = VP is called cut off region because no emitter current flows (except for leakage). Once ve exceeds the peak point voltage, IE increases, but v E decreases. up to certain point called valley point (VV and IV). This is called negative resistance region. Beyond this, IE increases with ve this is the saturation region, which exhibits a positive resistance characteristic. The physical process responsible for the negative resistance characteristic is called conductivity modulation. When the ve exceeds VP voltage, holes Fig. iv from P emitter are injected into N base. Since the P region is heavily doped compared with the N-region, holes are injected to the lower half of the UJT. The lightly doped N region gives these holes a long lifetime. These holes move towards B1 to complete their path by re-entering at the negative terminal of VEE. The large holes create a conducting path between the emitter and the lower base. These increased charge carriers represent a decrease in resistance RB1, therefore can be considered as variable resistance. It decreases up to 50 ohm. Since h is a function of RB1 it follows that the reduction of RB1 causes a corresponding reduction in intrinsic standoff ratio. Thus as IE increases, RB1 decreases, h decreases, and Va decreases. The decrease in V a causes more emitter current to flow which causes further reduction in RB1, h, and Va. This process is regenerative and therefore Va as well as ve quickly drops while IE increases. Although RB decreases in value, but it is always positive resistance. It is only the dynamic resistance between VV and VP. At point B, the entire base1 region will saturate with carriers and resistance RB1 will not decrease any more. A further increase in Ie will be followed by a voltage rise. The diode threshold voltage decreases with temperature and RBB resistance increases with temperature because Si has positive temperature coefficient. SILICON-CONTROLLED RECTIFIER A Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR) is a four-layer (p-n-p-n) semiconductor device that doesn't allow current to flow until it is triggered and, once triggered, will only allow the flow of current in one direction. It has three terminals: 1) an input control terminal referred to as a 'gate'; 2) an output terminal known as the 'anode'; and 3) a terminal known as a 'cathode', which is common to both the gate and the anode. CONSTRUCTION OF AN SCR 3

4 SCR - construction types From fig a it is clear that SCR is essentially an ordinary rectifier (PN) and a junction transistor (N-P-N) combined in one unit to form PNPN device. Three terminals are taken: one from the outer P-type material, known as anode, second from the outer N-type material, known as cathode and the third from the base of transistor section known as the gate. The basic material used for fabrication of an SCR is N-type silicon. It has a specific resistance of about 6 ohm-mm. Silicon is the natural choice as base material because of the following advantages (i) ability to withstand high junction temperature of the order of 150 C (ii) high thermal conductivity; (iii) less variations in characteristics with temperature; and (iv) less leakage current in P-N junction. It consists, essentially, of a four layer pellet of P and N type silicon semiconductor materials. The junctions are diffused or alloyed. The material which may be used for P diffusion is aluminium and for N diffusion is phosphorous. The contact with anode can be made with an aluminium foil and through cathode and gate by metal sheet. Diffusion must be carried out at a proper temperature and for necessary duration to provide correct concentration because this decides the properties of the device. Low power SCRs employ the planar construction shown in fig a. Planar construction is useful for making a number of units from a silicon wafer. Here, all the junctions are diffused. The other technique is the mesa construction shown in fig.b. This technique is used for high power SCRs. In this technique, the inner junction J2 is obtained by diffusion, and then the outer two layers are alloyed to it. The PNPN pellet is properly braced with tungsten or molybdenum plates to provide greater mechanical strength and make it capable of handling large currents. One of these plates is hard soldered to a copper or an aluminium stud, which is threaded for attachment to a heat sink. This provides an efficient thermal path for conducting the internal losses to the surrounding medium. The uses of hard solder between the pellet and back-up plates minimises thermal fatigue, when the SCRs are subjected to temperature induced stresses. For medium and low power SCRs, the pellet is mounted directly on the copper stud or casing, using a soft solder which absorbs the thermal stresses set up by differential expansion and provides a good thermal path for heat transfer. For a larger cooling arrangement, which is required for high power SCRs, the press-pack or hockey-puck construction is employed, which provides for double-sided air for cooling. 4

5 Principle of Operation The SCR is a four-layer, three-junction and a three-terminal device and is shown in fig.a. The end P-region is the anode, the end N-region is the cathode and the inner P-region is the gate. The anode to cathode is connected in series with the load circuit. Essentially the device is a switch. Ideally it remains off (voltage blocking state), or appears to have an infinite impedance until both the anode and gate terminals have suitable positive voltages with respect to the cathode terminal. The thyristor then switches on and current flows and continues to conduct without further gate signals. Ideally the thyristor has zero impedance in conduction state. For switching off or reverting to the blocking state, there must be no gate signal and the anode current must be reduced to zero. Current can flow only in one direction. In absence of external bias voltages, the majority carrier in each layer diffuses until there is a built-in voltage that retards further diffusion. Some majority carriers have enough energy to cross the barrier caused by the retarding electric field at each junction. These carriers then become minority carriers and can recombine with majority carriers. Minority carriers in each layer can be accelerated across each junction by the fixed field, but because of absence of external circuit in this case the sum of majority and minority carrier currents must be zero. A voltage bias, as shown in figure, and an external circuit to carry current allow internal currents which include the following terms: The current Ix is due to Majority carriers (holes) crossing junction J1 Minority carriers crossing junction J1 Holes injected at junction J2 diffusing through the N-region and crossing junction J1 and Minority carriers from junction J2 diffusing through the N-region and crossing junction J1. Similarly I2 is due to six terms and I3 is due to four terms. 5

6 SCR Characteristics As already mentioned, the SCR is a four-layer device with three terminals, namely, the anode, the cathode and the gate. When the anode is made positive with respect to the cathode, junctions J1 and J3 are forward biased and junction J2 is reverse-biased and only the leakage current will flow through the device. The SCR is then said to be in the forward blocking state or in the forward mode or off state. But when the cathode is made positive with respect to the anode, junctions J1 and J3 are reverse-biased, a small reverse leakage current will flow through the SCR and the SGR is said to be in the reverse blocking state or in reverse mode. When the anode is positive with respect to cathode i.e. when the SCR is in forward mode, the SCR does not conduct unless the forward voltage exceeds certain value, called the forward breakover voltage, VFB0. In non-conducting state, the current through the SCR is the leakage current which is very small and is negligible. If a positive gate current is supplied, the SCR can 6

7 become conducting at a voltage much lesser than forward break-over voltage. The larger the gate current, lower the break-over voltage. With sufficiently large gate current, the SCR behaves identical to PN rectifier. Once the SCR is switched on, the forward voltage drop across it is suddenly reduced to very small value, say about 1 volt. In the conducting or on-state, the current through the SCR is limited by the external impedance. When the anode is negative with respect to cathode, that is when the SCR is in reverse mode or in blocking state no current flows through the SCR except very small leakage current of the order of few micro-amperes. But if the reverse voltage is increased beyond a certain value, called the reverse break-over voltage, VRB0 avalanche break down takes place. Forward break-over voltage VFB0 is usually higher than reverse breakover voltage,vrbo. From the foregoing discussion, it can be seen that the SCR has two stable and reversible operating states. The change over from off-state to on-state, called turn-on, can be achieved by increasing the forward voltage beyond VFB0. A more convenient and useful method of turn-on the device employs the gate drive. If the forward voltage is less than the forward break-over voltage, VFB0, it can be turned-on by applying a positive voltage between the gate and the cathode. This method is called the gate control. Another very important feature of the gate is that once the SCR is triggered to on-state the gate loses its control. The switching action of gate takes place only when (i) (ii) SCR is forward biased i.e. anode is positive with respect to cathode, and Suitable positive voltage is applied between the gate and the cathode. Once the SCR has been switched on, it has no control on the amount of current flowing through it. The current through the SCR is entirely controlled by the external impedance connected in the circuit and the applied voltage. There is, however, a very small, about 1 V, potential drop across the SCR. The forward current through the SCR can be reduced by reducing the applied voltage or by increasing the circuit impedance. There is, however, a minimum forward current that must be maintained to keep the SCR in conducting state. This is called the holding current rating of SCR. If the current through the SCR is reduced below the level of holding current, the device returns to off-state or blocking state. The SCR can be switched off by reducing the forward current below the level of holding current which may be done either by reducing the applied voltage or by increasing the circuit impedance. Note : The gate can only trigger or switch-on the SCR, it cannot switch off. Alternatively the SCR can be switched off by applying negative voltage to the anode (reverse mode), the SCR naturally will be switched off. Here one point is worth mentioning, the SCR takes certain time to switch off. The time, called the turn-off time, must be allowed before forward voltage may be applied again otherwise the device will switch-on with forward voltage without any gate pulse. The turn-off time is about 15 7

8 micro-seconds, which is immaterial when dealing with power frequency, but this becomes important in the inverter circuits, which are to operate at high frequency. Applications: The six applications of SCR like power control, switching, zero-voltage switching, overvoltage protection, pulse circuits and battery charging regulator. DIAC DIAC (Diode for Alternating Current) Symbol Construction: The diac is basically a two terminal parellel-inverse combination of semiconductor layers that permits triggering in either direction. The basic arrangement of the semiconductor layers of the diac is shown in the figure, along with its graphical symbol. Nore that either terminal is referred as the cathode. Instead, there is an anode 1 and an anode 2. When the anode 1 is positive with respect to anode 2, the semiconductor Operation: Diac circuits use the fact that a diac only conducts current only after a certain breakdown voltage has been exceeded. The actual breakdown voltage will depend upon the specification for the particular component type. When the diac breakdown voltage occurs, the resistance of the component decreases abruptly and this leads to a sharp decrease in the voltage drop across the diac, and a corresponding increase in current. The diac will remain in its conducing state until the current flow through it drops below a particular value known as the holding current. When the current falls below the holding current, the diac switches back to its high resistance, or non-conducting state. 8

9 Diacs are widely used in AC applications and it is found that the device is "reset" to its nonconducting state, each time the voltage on the cycle falls so that the current falls below the holding current. As the behaviour of the device is approximately equal in both directions, it can provide a method of providing equal switching for both halves of an AC cycle, e.g for triacs. Most diacs have a breakdown voltage of around 30 volts, although the exact specifications will depend upon the particular type of device.. Interestingly their behaviour is somewhat similar to that of a neon lamp, although they offer a far more precise switch on voltage and thereby provide a far better degree of switching equalization TRIAC (Triode for Alternating Current) The triac is a three terminal semiconductor device for controlling current. It is effectively a development of the SCR or thyristor, but unlike the thyristor which is only able to conduct in one direction, the triac is a biriectional device. As such the triac is an ideal device to use for AC switching applications because it can control the current flow over both halves of an alternating cycle. A thyristor is only able to control them over one half of a cycle. During the remaining half no conduction occurs and accordingly only half the waveform can be utilised. There are three terminal on a triac. These are the Gate and two other terminals. These other triac terminals are often referred to as an "Anode" or "Main Terminal" 9

10 TRIAC circuit symbol: On the triac, the gate that acts as the trigger to turn the device on. The current then flows betweent he two anodes or main terminals. These are usually designated Anode 1 and Anode 2 or Main Terminal 1 and Main Terminal 2 (MT1 and MT2). It can be imagined from the circuit symbol that the triac consists of two thyristors back to back. The operation of the triac can be looked on in this fashion, although the actual operation at the semiconductor level is rather complicated. When the voltage on the MT1 is positive with regard to MT2 and a positive gate voltage is applied, one of the SCRs conducts. When the voltage is reversed and a negative voltage is applied to the gate, the other SCR conducts. This is provided that there is sufficient voltage across the device to enable a minimum holding current to flow. TRIAC OPERATION The structure of a triac may be considered as a p-n-p-n structure and the triac may be considered to consist of two conventional SCRs fabricated in an inverse parallel configuration. In operation, when terminal A2 is positive with respect to A1, then a positive gate voltage will give rise to a current that will trigger the part of the triac consisting of p1 n1 p2 n2 and it will have an identical characteristic to an SCR. When terminal A2 is negative with respect to A1 a 10

11 negative current will trigger the part of the triac consisting of p2 n1 p1 n3. In this way conduction on the triac occurs over both halves an alternating cycle. TRIAC structure Triacs do not fire symmetrically as a result of slight differences between the two halves of the device. This results in harmonics being generated, and the less symmetrical the triac fires, the greater the level of harmonics produced. It is generally undesirable to have high levels of harmonics in a power system and as a result triacs are not favoured for high power systems. Instead two thyristors may be used as it is easier to control their firing. To help in overcoming this problem, a device known as a diac (diode AC switch) is often placed in series with the gate. This device helps make the switching more even for both halves of the cycle. This results from the fact that the diac switching characteristic is far more even than that of the triac. Since the diac prevents any gate current flowing until the trigger voltage has reached a certain voltage in either direction, this makes the firing point of the triac more even in both directions. Characteristics of TRIAC Typical V-I characteristics of a triac are shown in figure. The triac has on and off state characteristics similar to SCR but now the char acteristic is applicable to both positive and negative voltages. This is expected because triac consists of two SCRs connected in parallel but opposite in directions. 11

12 MT2 is positive with respect to MTX in the first quadrant and it is negative in the third quad rant. As already said in previous blog posts, the gate triggering may occur in any of the following four modes. Quadrant I operation : VMT2, positive; VG1 positive Quadrant II operation : VMT21 positive; VGl negative Quadrant III operation : VMT21 negative; VGl negative Quadrant IV operation : VMT21 negative; VG1 positive Where VMT21 and VGl are the voltages of terminal MT2 and gate with respect to terminal MT1. The device, when starts conduction permits a very heavy amount of current to flow through it. This large inrush of current must be restricted by employing external resist ance, otherwise the device may get damaged. The gate is the control terminal of the device. By applying proper signal to the gate, the firing angle of the device can be controlled. The circuits used in the gate for triggering the device are called the gate-triggering circuits. The gate-triggering circuits for the triac are almost same like those used for SCRs. These triggering circuits usually generate trigger pulses for firing the device. The trigger pulse should be of sufficient magnitude and duration so that firing of the device is assured. Usually, a duration of 35 us is sufficient for sustaining the firing of the device. 12

13 Application of TRIAC Low power TRIACs are used in many applications such as light dimmers, speed controls for electric fans and other electric motors, and in the modern computerized control circuits of many household small and major appliances. However, when used with inductive loads such as electric fans, care must be taken to assure that the TRIAC will turn off correctly at the end of each half-cycle of the AC power. Indeed, TRIACs can be very sensitive to high values of dv/dt between A1 and A2, so a phase shift between current and voltage (as in the case of an inductive load) leads to sudden voltage step which can make the device turn on in an unwanted manner. Unwanted turn-ons can be avoided by using a snubber circuit (usually of the RC or RCL type) between A1 and A2. Snubber circuits are also used to prevent premature triggering, caused for example by voltage spikes in the mains supply. Because turn-ons are caused by internal capacitive currents flowing into the gate as a consequence of a high voltage dv/dt, a gate resistor or capacitor (or both in parallel) may be connected between gate and A1 to provide a low-impedance path to A1 and further prevent false triggering. This, however, increases the required trigger current or adds latency due to capacitor charging. On the other hand, a resistor between the gate and A1 helps dragging leakage currents out of the device, thus improving the performance of the TRIAC at high temperature, where the maximum allowed dv/dt is lower. Values of resistors less than 1kΩ and capacitors of 100nF are generally suitable for this purpose, although the fine-tuning should be done on the particular device model. For higher-powered, more-demanding loads, two SCRs in inverse parallel may be used instead of one TRIAC. Because each SCR will have an entire half-cycle of reverse polarity voltage applied to it, turn-off of the SCRs is assured, no matter what the character of the load. However, due to the separate gates, proper triggering of the SCRs is more complex than triggering a TRIAC. In addition to commutation, a TRIAC may also not turn on reliably with non-resistive loads if the phase shift of the current prevents achieving holding current at trigger time. To overcome that, pulse trains may be used to repeatedly try to trigger the TRIAC until it finally turns on. The advantage is that the gate current does not need to be maintained throughout the entire conduction angle, which can be beneficial when there is only limited drive capability available. 13

14 TRANSISTOR BIASING: To operate the transistor in the desired region, we have to apply external dec voltages of correct polarity and magnitude to the two junctions of the transistor. This is known as biasing of the transistor. Since DC voltages are used to bias the transistor, it is called as DC biasing. DC OPERATING POINT (OR) QUIESCENT POINT: Application of DC voltages (bias) establishes a fixed level of current and voltage. For transistor amplifiers the resulting DC current and voltage establish an operating point on the characteristics that define the region that will be employed for amplification of the applied signal. Since the operating point is a fixed point on the characteristics, it is called as Quiescent point (Q - Point). Note: Quiescent Still inactive and quiet. NEED FOR BIASING: To operate the transistor in the desired region. The DC sources supplies the power to the transistor circuit, to get the output signal power greater than the input signal power. LOAD LINE: It is a straight line drawn on the characteristic curve with two end points A and B. It is used to fixed the operating point of a transistor. TYPES OF LOAD LINE: DC load line AC load line 14

15 DC LOAD LINE: Consider the common emitter amplifier circuit shown. 15

16 For that, Apply KVL to the collector circuit. V CC = I C R C + V CE 1 W.k.t the equation for straight line is y = mx + c Here y = I C 16

17 x = V CE From equation (1), I C R C = V CC V CE I C = V CC R C V CE R C 2 To find A: A is a point on X-axis Put Y = 0, ie I C = 0 in equation 2 0 = V CC R C V CE R C V CE = V CC I C =0mA To find B: B is a point of Y axis Put X = 0, ie V CE = 0 in equation 2 I C = V CC V R CE=0 C Finally plot the points A & B on the curve. 17

18 Step(4): Select the I B curve so as to find the Q point. To find I B : Apply KVL to base circuit. V CC = I B R B + V BE I B = V CC V BE R B For silicon transistor V BE = 0.7V If V CC, R B is known, the value of I B can be found. Example: V CC = 20V, R B = 5K, I B = 3mA 18

19 Conclusion: Thus the intersection of DC load line and I B curve is called as Q Point. SELECTION OF OPERATING POINT FOR A.C INPUT SIGNAL: The operating point can be selected at three different positions on the DC load line: Near saturation region Near cut-off region At the centre ie. Active region Case (1): 19

20 NEAR SATURATION REGION: If the biasing circuit is designed to fix the Q point (P) very near to saturation region, the collector current is clipped at the positive half cycle. Thus because of the distortions present at the collector current, point P is not the suitable operating point. Case(ii): NEAR CUT-OFF REGION: If the biasing circuit is designed to fix the Q point (R) near cut-off region, the collector current is clipped at the negative half cycle. Thus Q-point R is also not a suitable operating point. 20

21 Case(iii): AT ACTIVE REGION: If the Q point is fixed at the centre of the active region, the output signal is sinusoidal waveform without any distortion. Thus the point Q is the best operating point. 21

22 Bias stabilization: While designing the biasing circuit, case should be taken so that the operating point will not shift into an undesirable region (ie into cut-off or saturation region) Factors to be considered while designing the basing circuit: Temperature dependent factors (I CO, V BE ) β hfe Transistor current gain I CO : The flow of current in the circuit produces heat at the junctions. This heat increases the temperature at the junctions. Since the minority carriers are temperature dependent (I CO gets doubled for energy 10 o C raise in temperature), they increase with the temperature. This in turn increase the I C and hence Q point gets shifted V BE : V BE changes with temperature at the rate of 2.5mv o /c I B depends on V BE Since I C I B = β I C = βi B, increase in I B Increase I C This in turn changes the operation point. 22

23 Transistor current gain β: The transistor parameters among different units of same type, same number changes. Ie. If we take two transistor units of same type (ie. Same number, construction, parameter specified etc.) and we them in the circuit, there is change in the β value in actual practice. The biasing circuit is designed according to the required β value. Since β changes, the operating point also shifts. REQUIREMENTS OF A BIASING CIRCUIT: The emitter-base junction must be forward biased and collector-base junction must be reversed biased. Ie. The transistors should be operated in the active region. The circuit design should provide a degree of temperature stability. The operating point should be made independent of transistor parameters (like β) Techniques used to maintain the Q point stable: STABILIZATION TECHNIQUE: This refers to the use of resistive biasing circuits which allow I B to vary so as to keep I C 23

24 Relatively constant with variations in I CO, β and V BE COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE: This refers to the use of temperature sensitive devices such as diodes, transistors, thermistors, etc, which provide compensating voltages and current to maintain the operating point stable. STABILITY FACTORS: The stability factor is a measure of stability provided by the biasing circuit. Stability factor indicates the degree of change in operating point due to variation in temperature. Since there are 3 temperature dependent variables, there are 3 stability factors. S = I C I CO V BE,β constant (or) S = I C I CO V BE,β constant S = I C V BE I CO,β constant (or) S = I C V BE I CO,β constant S = I C β V BE,I CO constant (or) S = I C β V BE,I CO constant Note: Ideally, stability factor should be perfectly zero to keep the operating point stable. Practically stability factor should have the value as minimum as possible. EXPRESSION FOR STABILITY FACTOR S: For a common emitter configuration collector current is given by 24

25 I C = I C(majority) + I CEO(majority) WKT I CEO = I CBO 1 α I CEO = (1 + β) I CBO I C = βi B + (1 + β) I CBO When I CBO changes by I CBO I B changes by I B I C changes by I C I C = β I B + (1 + β) I CBO by I C 1 = β I B I C + (1 + β) I CBO I C 1 β I B I C = (1 + β) I CBO I C 25

26 I CBO I C = (1 β) I B I C (1 + β) If S = I C I CBO I 1 (1 β) B S = I C (1 + β) S = (1 + β) (1 β) I B I C TYPES OF BIASING CIRCUIT: Fixed bias circuit Collector to base bias circuit Voltage divider or self bias circuit. FIXED BIAS CIRCUIT: 26

27 To find I B : Apply KVL to the base circuit, V CC = I B R B + V BE I B = V CC V BE R B 1 I B = V CC R B V BE V CC V BE = 0.7for si V CC fixed, R B fixed and hence I B is fixed and the circuit is called as fixed bias circuit. To find V CE : Apply KVL to the Collector circuit, V CC = I C R C + V CE V CE = V CC + I C R C 2 27

28 To find I C : From equation (2), I C = V CC V CE R C 3 To find S: WKT S = (1 + β) (1 β) I B I C I B I C = 0 S = (1 + β) (1 β)0 S = (1 + β) 4 To find S : S = I C V BE 28

29 WKT, I C = I C(majority) + I CEO(majority) I C = βi B + I CBO I C = βi B + (1 + β) I CBO Sub I B in above equation, I C = β ( V CC V BE ) + (1 + β)i R CBO B I C = βv CC R B βv BE R B + (1 + β)i CBO Diff. I C WRT to V BE I C = β V BE R B S = β R B 5 29

30 To find S : S = I C β I C = βi B + (1 + β) I CBO I C = βi B + I CBO + βi CBO Diff I C WRT to β I C β = I B + I CBO S = I B + I CBO S I B S = I B = I C β 6 To find relation between s and S S = (1 + β) S = β R B 30

31 To obtain S in terms of S Multiply and divided by (1 + β), S S = β (1 + β) R B (1 + β) S = βs R B (1+β) 7 To find relation between S and S We have S = I C β S = β R B Multiply and divided by (1 + β), S S = I C (1 + β) β (1 + β) S = I C S β(1+β) 8 ADVANTAGES OF FIXED BIAS CIRCUIT: 31

32 Circuit is simple The operating point can be fixed anywhere in the active region by varying the value of R B Thus if provides maximum flexibility. DISADVANTAGES: Thermal stability is not provide by the circuit and so the Q point varies I C = βi B + I CBO Circuit depends on β Since I C Q point varies COLLECTOR TO BASE BIAS CIRCUIT: 32

33 Since the R B resistor is connected between the collector and base, it is called as collector to base bias circuit. To find I B : Applying KVL to input circuit, V CC = (I C + I B )R C + I B R B + V BE V CC = I C R C + I B (R C + R B ) + V BE I B = V CC I C R C V CE R C +R B 1 To find V CE : Applying KVL to output circuit, V CC = (I C + I B )R C + V CE V CC = V CC I C R C I B R C 2 To find I C : Applying KVL to collector circuit, 33

34 V CC = (I C + I B )R C + V CE V CC = I C R C + I B R C + V CE I B = V CC V CE I B R C R C 3 WKT the basic equation for I C is I C = βi B + I CBO I C = βi B + (1 + β) I CBO I C βi B To find S: S = (1 + β) (1 β) I B I C I B I C is obtained by diff. I B WRT I S I B = V CC I C R C V BE R C + R B 34

35 I B I C = R C R C +R B 4 S = (1 + β) R (1 β) C R C + R B = (1+β) R (1+β) C 5 R C +R B S = (1 + β)(r C + R B ) R C + R B + βr C S = (1 + β)(r C + R B ) R B + (β + 1)R C To find S : S = I C V BE I B = V CC V CE I B R C R C As there is nov BE term in the above equation WKT, 35

36 I C = βi B Sub I B in above equation, I C = β ( V CC I C R C V BE R C + R B ) I C = β(v CC V BE ) R C + R B βi CR C R C + R B I C + βi CR C = β(v CC V BE ) R C + R B R C + R B I C R B + I C R C + βi C R C = β(v CC V BE ) I C = β(v CC V BE ) R C +R B +βr C 5.1 I C = β(v CC V BE ) R B +(1+β)R C 6 I C = β V BE R B S = β R B +(1+β)R C 7 36

37 To find S : S = I C β From equation (6), I C = β(v CC V BE ) R C + R B + βr C S = I C β = (R C + R B + βr C )(V CC V BE ) β(v CC V BE )(R C ) (R C + R B + βr C ) 2 S = (V CC V BE )(R C +R B ) (R B +(1+β)R C ) 2 8 To find relation between s and S S = β R B + (1 + β)r C Multiply and divided by (1 + β), R C + R B 37

38 S = β R B +(1+β)R C (1+β)R C+R B (1+β)R C +R B 8.1 From equation (5), S = (1 + β) R (1 β) C R C + R B (1 + β) = R (1 + β) C R C + R B S = (1 + β)(r C + R B ) R C + R B + βr C S = (1+β)(R C+R B ) R B + (β+1)r C 9 By combining equation (9) & (8.1), S = βs (1+β)R C +R B 10 To find relation between S and S We have 38

39 S = (V CC V BE )(R C + R B ) (R B + (1 + β)r C ) 2 Multiply and divided by (1 + β) we have S = (V CC V BE )(R C + R B ) (R B + (1 + β)r C ) 2 (1 + β) (1 + β) S = (V CC V BE )S (1 + β)(r B + (1 + β)r C ) S = I C S β(1+β) 11 ADVANTAGES: Circuit is flexible to fix the operating point at the centre of an active region. Circuit is simple S = 1 + β Fixed bias S = (1+β) R For collector to base bias (1+β) C R C +R B Thus S is small for collector to base bias circuit, hence this provides better stability than fixed bias circuit. Q- Point is stable: I C = βi B + I CEO 39

40 If β, I CEO increases I C increases Drop across R C increases V CE decrease [V CC = V CC I C R C + I B R C ] I B decrease [ I B = V CC V CE I C R C R B ] I C decrease [ I C = βi B ] Thus the original increase is compensated and Q Point remains stable. 40

41 VOLTAGE- DIVIDER BIAS CIRCUIT: [OR] SELF BIAS (OR) EMITTER BIAS CIRCUIT. To find I E : Consider the closed loop shown in the circuit. 41

42 V B = V BE + V E V B = V BE + I E R E I E = V B V BE R E 1 To find V CE : Applying KVL to the collector circuit. V CC = I C R C + V CE + I E R E V CE = V CC I C R C I E R E 2 To find V BE : Redrawing the original circuit as follow, 42

43 To find thevenin s equivalent circuit:- To find R th (R b ): 43

44 To find V T (V th ): V T = V CCR 2 R 1 +R 2 4 By voltage divided rule. So that the circuit becomes, 44

45 Thus, V BC V T = I B R B + V BE + I E R E = I B R B + V BE + (I B + I C )R E I E = I B + I C V T = I B (R B + R E ) + V BE + I C R E V BE = V T I B (R B + R E ) + I C R E 5 45

46 To find I B : From equation (5) I B = V T V BE I C R E R B +R E 6 To find S: I C = βi B + (1 + β) I CBO I B = I C (1+β) I CBO β 7 WKT I B I C = R E R B + R E S = (1 + β) R (1 β) E R B + R E (1 + β) = R (1 β) E R B + R E 46

47 S = (1 + β)(r B + R E ) R B + R E + βr E S = (1+β)(R B+R E ) R B + (β+1)r E 8 To find S : I C V BE From equation (7), V BE = V T + I B (R B + R E ) I C R E Sub equation (7), V BE = V T + I C (1 + β) I CBO β (R B + R E ) I C R E V BE = V T + I C β (R B + R E ) + (1 + β) I CBO (R β B + R E ) I C R E V BE = V T + I C β (R B + R E ) + (1 + β) I CBO (R B + R E ) I CR E β β β V BE = V T + I C (R B + R E (1 + β)) β + (1 + β) I CBO (R B + R E ) β 47

48 Let V = (1 + β) I CBO (R B + R E ) β V BE = V T + I C (R B + R E (1 + β)) β + V I C (R B + R E (1 + β)) = V β T V BE + V I C = β[v T V BE +V ] R B + (β+1)r E 9 ss = I C β = 10 V BE R B + (β+1)r E To find S : S = I C β Differentiating equation (9), WRT β S = R B + R E (1 + β)[v T V BE + V ] β[v T V BE + V ]R E [R B + R E (1 + β)] 2 48

49 S = (R B + R E )[V T V BE + V ] [R B + R E (1 + β)] 2 Now multiply and divide by (1 + β) S = (R B + R E )[V T V BE + V ] (1 + β) [R B + R E (1 + β)] 2 (1 + β) S = S[V T V BE + V ] (1 + β)r B + R E (1 + β) S = I C S β(1+β) by equation (9) 11 Relation between S and S S = (1 + β)(r B + R E ) R B + (β + 1)R E S = β R B + (β + 1)R E Multiply and divide by (1 + β)(r B + R E ) S = β (1 + β)(r B + R E ) R B + (β + 1)R E (1 + β)(r B + R E ) 49

50 S = βs (1+β)(R B +R E ) 12 Relation between S and S S = I C S β(1+β) by equation (11) BIAS COMPENSATION: Compensation techniques use temperature sensitive devices such as diode, transistors, thermistors, sensistors etc. to maintain operating point constant. THERMISTOR COMPENSATION: Thermistors have a negative temperature co-efficient ie. Its resistance decrease exponentially with increase in temperature as shown below. 50

51 Slope of this curve = R T T Where R T T temperature coefficient for thermistor. It is negative. Therefore, thermistors are said to have negative temperature coefficient of resistance (NTC). FIRST TYPE: COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE: Consider the circuit shown below. 51

52 Here in the circuit, R T is R b ( Thermistor resistor), which has NTC. I C = βi B Thus the original increase in I C is compensated and Q- Point is made stable. SECOND TYPE: 52

53 Explanation: Thus the original increase in I C is compensated and Q- Point is maintain. 53

54 Sensistor compensation technique: Sensistors have a positive temperature co-efficient ie. Its resistance increase with increase in temperature as shown. Where R T T = temperature co-efficient = is positive 54

55 Thus the variation in I C is compensated. DIODE COMPENSATION FOR V BE : 55

56 Thus the variation in V BE is cancelled due to V D (Reverse polarity) V BE = V + I B R B + V E + V D V = I B R B + V E V D 56

57 DIODE COMPENSATION FOR I CO : I = V CC V BE R 1 I = V CC R 1 [V BE 0.2 for Ge] I B = I + I o WKT, 57

58 I C = βi B + (1 + β) I CBO I C = β(i I O ) + (1 + β) I CBO I C = βi βi O ) + βi CBO + I CBO FET BIASING: The general relationship that can be applied to the DC analysis of all FET amplifiers are I q 0A I D = I S For JFETS and depletion type MOSFETS shockley s equation is applied to relate the input and output quantities: I D = I DSS ( 1 V 2 GS ) V P For enchancement type MOSFET S the following equation is applied: I D = K((V GS V T ) 2 ) 58

59 Where I DD Reverse saturation current V P Pinch of voltage FIXED BIAS CONFIGURATION Consider the configuration shown below which includes the AC levels v i and V O and the coupling capacitors (C 1 and C 2). For DC analysis, capacitors acts like open circuit ie. At DC, f = 0, capacitance = 1 jωc = α For AC analysis, capacitors acts like short circuits. The resistors R G is to ensure that V i appears at the input to the FET amplifier for AC analysis. For dc analysis, I G 0A V RG = I G R G = 0 Replace R G by short circuit in the circuit. 59

60 To find V GS 60

61 Apply KVL to gate circuit, V GG = V GS V GS = V GG 1 Since V GG is fixed DC supply the voltage V GS is fixed in magnitude, resulting in the notation fixed bias configuration. To find I D : I D is controlled by shockley s equation, I D = I DSS ( 1 V 2 GS ) V P SELF BIAS CONFIGURATION This eliminates the need for two DC suppliers. 61

62 DC analysis: For DC analysis, capacitors are replaced by open circuits and the resistors R G replaced by short circuit since I G = 0A. Therefore the circuit reduce to, 62

63 To find V GS : apply KVL to gate circuit, V GS + V RS = 0 V GS = V RS = I S R S V GS = I D R S 1 V GS Function of I D and not fixed as in fixed bias. To find I D : 63

64 by shockley s equation, I D = I DSS ( 1 V 2 GS ) V P I D = I DSS ( 1 I 2 DR S ) V P I D = I DSS ( 1 + I DR S V P ) 2 2 To find V DS : Apply KVL to output circuit, V DD = I D R D V DS + I S R S I S = I D V DD = I D R D V DS + I D R S V DD = I D (R D + R S ) + V DS V DS = V DD I D (R D + R S ) 3 VOLTAGE DIVIDER BIASING: 64

65 Consider the circuit shown. DC analysis: Remove the AC source O.C all the capacitors. So that the circuit reduce to 65

66 From the circuit, V G = V DDR 2 R 1 +R 2 1 By voltage divider sub To find V GS : apply KVL to gate circuit, V G = V GS + V RS V G = V GS + I S R S V G = V GS + I D R S I S = I D V GS = V G I D R S 2 To find V DS : Apply KVL to drain circuit, 66

67 V DD = I D R D V DS + I S R S V DD = I D (R D + R S ) + V DS I D = I S V DS = V DD I D (R D + R S ) 3 67

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