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Define beta current gain of the transistor.

Important Questions on Semiconductor Devices

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Consider an amplifier circuit wherein a transistor is used in common emitter mode. The change in collector current and base current respectively are 4 mA and 20 μ A when a signal of 40 mV is added to the base-emitter voltage. If the load resistance is 10 , then power gain in the circuit is
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The transfer characteristic curve of a transistor, having input and output resistance 100 Ω and 100 kΩ respectively, is shown in the figure. The voltage and power gain, are respectively:
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A common emitter amplifier has a voltage gain of 50, an input impedance of 100 Ω and an output impedance of 200 Ω. The power gain of the amplifier is
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In a transistor connected in a common emitter mode, R0=4 , Ri=1  ,Ic=1 mA and Ib=20 μA. The voltage gain is
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The input signal is given to a CE amplifier having a voltage gain of 150 is Vi=2cos15t+π3. The corresponding output signal will be:
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The current gain of the transistor in common base mode is 0.9. Its value in common emitter mode is
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In the study of transistor as an amplifier, the ratio of collector current to emitter current is 0.98 then the ratio of collector current to base current will be
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The value of β of a transistor is 19. The value of α will be _____
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The current gain of a common emitter amplifier is 69. If the emitter current is 7.0 mA, collector current is :
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In a common-emitter transistor amplifier, the audio signal voltage across the collector is 3 V. The resistance of collector is 3 . If current gain is 100 and the base resistance is 2 , the voltage and power gain of the amplifier is
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If an emitter current is changed by 4 mA, the collector current changes by 3.5 mA. The value of β will be:
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For common emitter transistor amplifier, the audio signal voltage across the collector resistance of 2 kΩ is 4 V. If the current amplification factor of the transistor is 100 and the base resistance is 1 kΩ then the input signal voltage is
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Given below are two statements:

Statement I : p-n junction diodes can be used to function as a transistor, simply by connecting two diodes, back to back, which acts as the base terminal

Statement II: In the study of transistors, the amplification factor β indicates ratio of the collector current to the base current.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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The dc common-emitter current gain of a N-P-N transistor is 50 . The potential difference applied across the collector and emitter of a transistor used in CE configuration is, VCE=2V. If the collector resistance, RC=4 KΩ, the base current IB and the collector current IC will be:
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In CE NPN transistor 1010 electrons enter the emitter in 10-6 s when it is connected to the battery. About 5% electrons recombine with holes in the base. The current gain of the transistor is __________

e=1.6×10-19C

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A transistor is connected in common emitter circuit configuration, the collector supply voltage is 10 V and the voltage drop across a resistor of 1000 Ω in the collector circuit is 0.6 V. If the current gain factor (β) is 24, then the base current is ____μA. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)
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For a transistor in common emitter configuration, the current amplification factor is 0.8. The change in base current when the collector current changes by 24 mA is,
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An NPN transistor operates as a common emitter amplifier, with a power gain of  60 dB . The input circuit resistance is  100 Ω and the output load resistance is  10 kΩ . The common emitter current gain β is:
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For a transistor, αdc and βdc are the current ratios, then the value of  βdc-αdcαdc  βdc is
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A NPN transistor is connected in common emitter configuration in a given amplifier. A load resistance of 800 Ω is connected in the collector circuit and the voltage drop across it is 0.8 V. If the current amplification factor is 0.96 and the input resistance of the circuit is 192 Ω , the voltage gain and the power gain of the amplifier will respectively be: