8.5 Exercises

Analysis Problems

  1. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.1, determine compliance, Pload(max), PD(max), BVCEO and IC(max).
    VCC = 15 V, VEE = −15 V, ß = 75, RL = 16 Ω, R1 = 680 Ω, R2 = 680 Ω.
  2. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.1, determine Zin.
    VCC = 15 V, VEE = −15 V, ß = 75, RL = 16 Ω, R1 = 680 Ω, R2 = 680 Ω.
  3. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.1, determine Zin.
    VCC = 25 V, VEE = −25 V, ß = 70, RL = 8 Ω, R1 = 560 Ω, R2 = 560 Ω.

    Figure 8.5.1
  4. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.1, determine compliance Pload(max), and PD(max), BVCEO and IC(max).
    VCC = 25 V, VEE = −25 V, ß = 70, RL = 8 Ω, R1 = 560 Ω, R2 = 560 Ω.
  5. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.2, determine Pload(max), and PD(max), BVCEO and IC(max).
    VCC = 15 V, ß = 75, RL = 16 Ω, R1 = 630 Ω, R2 = 630 Ω.

    Figure 8.5.2
  6. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.2, determine Zin.
    VCC = 15 V, ß = 75, RL = 16 Ω, R1 = 630 Ω, R2 = 630 Ω.
  7. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.2, determine Zin.
    VCC = 25 V, ß = 70, RL = 8 Ω, R1 = 560 Ω, R2 = 560 Ω.
  8. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.2, determine Pload(max), and PD(max), BVCEO and IC(max).
    VCC = 25 V, ß = 70, RL = 8 Ω, R1 = 510 Ω, R2 = 510 Ω.
  9. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.3, determine Pload(max), and PD(max), BVCEO and IC(max) for the output transistors.
    VCC = 24 V, VEE = −24 V, ß = 75, RL = 8 Ω, R1 = 2.5 kΩ, R2 = 300 Ω, R3 = 330 Ω, R4 = 63 Ω.

    Figure 8.5.3
  10. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.3, determine Av and Zin.
    VCC = 24 V, VEE = −24 V, ß = 75, RL = 8 Ω, R1 = 2.5 kΩ, R2 = 300 Ω, R3 = 330 Ω, R4 = 63 Ω.

    Figure 8.5.4
  11. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.4, determine Pload(max), and PD(max), BVCEO and IC(max)  for the output transistors.
    VCC = 24 V, VEE = −24 V, ß = 75, RL = 16 Ω, R1 = 600 Ω, R2 = 5 kΩ, R3 = 63 Ω, R4 = 330 Ω.
  12. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.4, determine Av and Zin.
    VCC = 24 V, VEE = −24 V, ß = 75, RL = 16 Ω, R1 = 600 Ω, R2 = 5 kΩ, R3 = 63 Ω, R4 = 330 Ω.
  13. Determine the limit current for the circuit of Figure 8.5.5 if RE = 0.2 Ω.
    Figure 8.5.5
  14. Determine Pload(max), and PD(max), BVCEO and IC(max) for the output and driver transistors of Figure 8.5.6.
    VCC = 50 V, VEE = −50 V, ß = 75, RL = 8 Ω, R5 through R8 = 0.05 Ω. Assume all other components produce proper bias.

Design Problems

  1. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.3, determine values for R1 and R2 for proper bias.
    VCC = 32 V, VEE = −32 V, ß = 75, RL = 8 Ω, R3 = 330 Ω, R4 = 63 Ω.
  2. Determine a value for RE to set the limit current for the circuit of Figure 8.5.5 to 2 A.

Challenge Problems

  1. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.6, determine values for R1 and R2 for proper bias.
    VCC = 50 V, VEE = −50 V, ß = 85, RL = 8 Ω, R5 through R8 = 0.05 Ω, R3 = 2.2 kΩ, R4 = 330 Ω.
  2. For the circuit of Figure 8.5.7, determine a value for R5 for proper bias.
    VCC = 30 V, VEE = −30 V, ß = 100, RL = 16 Ω, R1 = 2.2 kΩ, R2 = 8.2 kΩ, R3 = 1.2 kΩ, R4 = 47 Ω, R5 = 330 Ω, R6 = 470 Ω, R7 = 68 Ω.

    Figure 8.5.6

Computer Simulation Problems

  1. Perform a transient analysis on the circuit of Problem 1 to verify the compliance.
  2. Perform a transient analysis on the circuit of Problem 4 to verify the compliance.
  3. Perform a DC analysis on the design from Problem 15 to verify the results.
  4. Perform a DC analysis on the design from Problem 17 to verify the results.
    Figure 8.5.7

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