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Types of Configuration of Transistors: EB CB C

There are three main transistor configurations: 1) Common base configuration has high output impedance, low input impedance, and in-phase input/output signals. Current gain is less than 1. 2) Common emitter configuration is most widely used. It has medium input/output impedance and inverse input/output signals. Current gain is greater than 1. 3) Common collector configuration has low output impedance, high input impedance, and in-phase input/output signals. Current gain is greater than 1.

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Types of Configuration of Transistors: EB CB C

There are three main transistor configurations: 1) Common base configuration has high output impedance, low input impedance, and in-phase input/output signals. Current gain is less than 1. 2) Common emitter configuration is most widely used. It has medium input/output impedance and inverse input/output signals. Current gain is greater than 1. 3) Common collector configuration has low output impedance, high input impedance, and in-phase input/output signals. Current gain is greater than 1.

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TYPES OF CONFIGURATION OF TRANSISTORS

There are three different types of transistor configuration as:

1)common base configuration

2)common emitter configuration

3)commin collector configuration

1)COMMON BASE CONFIGURATION : In this configuration we use base as common


terminal for both input and output signals. Here the input is applied between the base and emitter
terminals and the corresponding output signal is taken between the base and collector terminals with
the base terminal grounded.

INPUTS AND OUTPUT PARAMETERS: the input parameters are VEB and IE and the output parameters
are VCB and IC. The input current flowing into the emitter terminal must be higher than the base current
and collector current to operate the transistor, therefore the output collector current is less than the
input emitter current.

CURRENT GAIN:The current gain is generally equal or less than to unity for this type of
configuration.Current gain in common base configuration is given as:

α = Output current/Input current ------------> α = IC/IE

PHASE OF SIGNALS: The input and output signals are in-phase in this configuration.

IMPEDENCE: This transistor configuration has high output impedance and low input impedance.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:
Input Characteristics
Input characteristics are obtained between input current and input voltage with constant output voltage.
First keep the output voltage VCB constant and vary the input voltage VEB for different points then at
each point record the input current IE value. Repeat the same process at different output voltage levels.
Now with these values we need to plot the graph between IE and VEB parameters. The below figure
show the input characteristics of common base configuration. The equation to calculate the input
resistance Rin value is given below.

Rin = VEB / IE (when VCB is constant)

Output Characteristics
The output characteristics of common base configuration are obtained between output current and
output voltage with constant input current. First keep the emitter current constant and vary the VCB
value for different points, now record the IC values at each point. Repeat the same process at different IE
values. Finally we need to draw the plot between VCB and IC at constant IE. The below figure show the
output characteristics of common base configuration. The equation to calculate the output resistance
value is given below.

Rout = VCB / IC (when IE is constant)

ACTIVE REGION:When the base-emitter junction is forward biased and the collector-base junction is
reverse biased ,it is called active region.

cut off region: when both, collector-base and base-emitter junctions are reverse biased it is cut off
region.the output current is zero in this case.

saturation region:when both junctions are forward biased, it is saturation region.

2)Common Emitter Configuration: In this configuration we use emitter as common


terminal for both input and output.Here the input is applied between base-emitter region and the
output is taken between collector and emitter terminals.

INPUT AND OUTPUT PARAMETERS:In this configuration the input parameters are VBE and IB and the
output parameters are VCE and IC.
CURRENT GAIN: In this configuration the emitter current is equal to the sum of small base current and
the large collector current. i.e. IE = IC + IB.current gain is given as:

Current gain (β) = IC/IB -----> as Current gain (in common base configuration) is (α) = IC/IE

so, current gain in common emitter configuration (β) = IC/IB x IE/IE = IC/IE /IB/IE --------1

As IE=IB+IC -------> IB=IE-IC ------put in 1 so,

(β) =IC/IB/IE-IC/IE ---------> α /1-α

PHASE OF SIGNALS: But the output signal has a phase shift of 180 0 i.e. both the input and output are
inverse to each other.

IMPEDENCE: This configuration is mostly used one among all the three configurations. It has medium
input and output impedance values.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:
INPUT CHARACTERISTICS: The input characteristics of common emitter configuration are
obtained between input current IB and input voltage VBE with constant output voltage V CE. Keep the
output voltage VCE constant and vary the input voltage V BE for different points, now record the values of
input current at each point. Now using these values we need to draw a graph between the values of I B
and VBE at constant VCE. The equation to calculate the input resistance Rin is given below.

Rin = VBE/IB (when VCE is at constant)


OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS: The output characteristics of common emitter configuration are
obtained between the output current I C and output voltage VCE with constant input current IB. Keep the
base current IB constant and vary the value of output voltage V CE for different points, now note down the
value of collector IC for each point. Plot the graph between the parameters I C and VCE in order to get the
output characteristics of common emitter configuration. The equation to calculate the output resistance
from this graph is given below.

Rout = VCE/IC (when IB is at constant)

CONVENTION TABLE:

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