BCECE Medical BCECE Medical Solved Papers-2001

  • question_answer
    In a transistor \[\beta =100\]. The value of a is :

    A)  1               

    B)  0.99

    C)  0.1             

    D)  0.01

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Current gain a is defined for common-base transistor amplifier while p is defined for common-emitter transistor amplifier. We have                 \[\alpha =\frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{E}}}\] ?. (i) and        \[\beta =\frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{B}}}\] ?. (ii) Also,      \[{{i}_{E}}={{i}_{C}}+{{i}_{B}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\Delta {{i}_{E}}=\Delta {{i}_{C}}+{{i}_{B}}\] .... (iii)                 From Eq. (ii),                 \[\beta =\frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{B}}}=\frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{E}}-\Delta {{i}_{C}}}\] or            \[\beta =\frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}/\Delta {{i}_{E}}}{1-\Delta {{i}_{C}}/\Delta {{i}_{E}}}\] or            \[\beta =\frac{\alpha }{1-\alpha }\] or            \[\alpha =\frac{\beta }{1+\beta }\] ?. (iv) Here,     \[\beta =100\] So, From Eq. (iv)                 \[\alpha =\frac{100}{1+100}=0.99\] Note: For a transistor amplifier, \[\alpha \] is about 0 95 to 0.99 and \[\beta \] is about 20 to 100.


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