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Outline
Regimes of operation
Large-signal equivalent circuit model
Output characteristics
Reading Assignment:
Howe and Sodini; Chapter 7, Sections 7.3, 7.4 & 7.5
Announcement:
Quiz #2: April 25, 7:30-9:30 PM at Walker. Calculator
Required. Open book.
VBE
C
- +
VBC forward saturation
active
+
B VCE
+ VBC
VBE
- - cut-off reverse
E
IC>0
IE<0
IB>0
pnCo
pnEo npBo
x
-WE-XBE -XBE 0 WB WB+XBC WB+XBC+WC
I C = I Se
[ ];
VBE
Vth
IS =
qAE npBo Dn
WB
Base injects holes into emitter, holes recombine at
emitter contact:
IB =
IS
e
[ ]
VBE
Vth
1;
IS
=
qAE pnEo D p
F F WE
Emitter current:
I E = IC I B = I Se
[ ] VBE
Vth
IS
e
[ ]1
VBE
Vth
F
State-of-the-art IC BJTs today: IS 0.1 - 1 fA
F 50 - 300.
IE>0 IC<0
IB>0
pnCo
pnEo npBo
x
-WE-XBE -XBE 0 WB WB+XBC WB+XBC+WC
IE = IS e
VBC
Vth
;
[ ] IS =
qAC n pBo Dn
WB
Base injects holes into collector, holes recombine at
collector contact and buried layer:
IB =
IS
e
( )1;
VBC
Vth IS
=
qAC pnCo D p
R R WC
Collector current:
I C = I E I B = I Se
[ ]
VBC
Vth
IS
e
[ ]1
VBC
Vth
R
Typically, R 0.1 - 5 << F .
Dn
npBo
I WB NdCDn WC
R = E = D =
IB p p NaB Dp WB
nCo
WC
IE>0 IC>0
IB<0
pnCo
pnEo npBo
x
-WE-XBE -XBE 0 WB WB+XBC WB+XBC+WC
IS
I B1 = = I E
F
Base extracts holes from collector:
IS
I B2 = = I C
R
IE IC
IB<0
pnCo
pnEo npBo
x
-WE-XBE -XBE 0 WB WB+XBC WB+XBC+WC
IB =
IS
e
[ ]
VBE
Vth
I
1 + S e
[ ] 1
VBC
Vth
F R
I E = I S e
[ ] e[ ]
VBE
Vth
VBC
Vth
I
S
[ ]1
e
VBE
Vth
F
;;;
Holes injected into emitter recombine at ohmic
contact as in Forward Active case.
Holes injected into collector recombine with
electrons in the n+ buried layer
n+ polysilicon
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hole diffusion flux
majority
n+emitter
n-type collector
majority electron flux from collector
minority hole diffusion flux contact supplying injection into base
n+ buried layer
;
[ ] [ ]
VBE VBC
I V BC
I C = I S e Vth e Vth S e Vth 1
[ ]
R
IB =
V
I S VBE [ ]
I
VBC
e th 1 + S e Vth 1
[ ]
F R
[ ] [ ]
VBE
V
VBC
V I VBE
I E = I S e th e th S e th 1
V
[ ]
F
Equivalent-circuit model representation (non-linear
hybrid- model) [particular rendition of Ebers-Moll
C
model in text]: -
IC
VBC
IS/R
+ IR FIF - RIR
B
IF =IS[exp(qVBE/kT) - exp(qVBC/kT)]
+ IB
IS/F
VBE
IE
-
E
B B
Ie
[ ]
VBE
Vth
S
VBE,on
E E
VBC,on
B B
Ie
[ ]
VBC
Vth
S
E E
VBC,on VBC,on
B B B
VCE,sat
VBE,on VBE,on
E E E
IC
IB
IB=0
0
0 VCE=VCB+VBE
VCE,sat
VBE,on
I Se
[ ]
VBE
Vth
VBC,on
B
VCE,sat
VBE,on