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Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
BJT Fundamentals
Sung June [email protected]
http://helios.snu.ac.kr
Chapter 10.
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
Contents
q Drift
q Diffusion
q Generation-Recombination
q Equations of State
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Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
q Terminology
ü The BJT is a device containing three adjoining, alternately doped regions, with the middle region being very narrow compared to the diffusion length
SMDLSemiconductor Device Fundamentals BJT Fundamentals
heavy doping heavy doping
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
ü All terminal currents are positive when the transistor is operated in the standard amplifying mode
ü The current flowing into a device must be equal to the current flowing out, and voltage drop around a closed loop must be equal to zero
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
E B CI I I= +
EB BC CE CE EC0 ( )V V V V V+ + = = -
ü The basic circuit configuration in which the device is connected and the biasing mode
The most widely employed configuration
Seldom used
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
Biasing Mode
Biasing Polarity E-B Junction
Biasing Polarity C-B Junction
Saturation Forward Forward
ActiveInverted
Cutoff
ForwardReverse
Reverse
Forward
Reverse
Reverse
ü Although the npn BJT is used in a far greater number of circuit applications and IC designs, the pnp BJT is a more convenient vehicle for establishing operational principles and concepts
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
§ ElectrostaticsüTwo independent pn junctions üAssuming the pnp transistor regions to be uniformly doped and taking NAE (E) >> NDB (B) > NAC (C)
W=quasineutral base width
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
q Introductory Operational Considerations
ü The primary carrier activity in the vicinity of the forward-biased E-B junction is majority carrier injection across the junction üThe p+-n nature of the junction leads to many more holes being injected than electrons being injected
Carrier activity in a pnp BJT under active mode biasing
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
ü The vast majority of holes diffuse completely through the quasineutral base and enter the C-B depletion regionüThe accelerating electric field in the C-B depletion region rapidly sweeps these carriers into the collector
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
ü IEp: the hole current injected into the base, IEn: the electron current injected into the emitter, ICp: a current almost exclusively resulting from the injected holes that successfully cross the base, ICn: a current from the minority carrier electrons in the collector that wander into the C-B depletion region and are swept into the baseü Very few of the injected holes are lost by recombination in the base àICp » IEp
E Ep EnI I I= +
C Cp CnI I I= +
B1 EnI I=
B3 CnI I=
B2 recombination current in BI =EC
CnC
EnE
II
II
II
P
P
@\
>>
>>
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
ü d.c. current gain: IC/IB, where IB is an electron current in a pnp BJT and IC is predominantly a hole current
Schematic visualization of amplification in a pnp BJT under active mode biasing
ü Control of the larger IC by the smaller IB is made possible
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
q Performance Parameters
• Emitter Efficiency
0 1g£ £
ü Current gain is maximized by making g as close as possible to unity
• Base Transport Factorü The fraction of the minority carriers injected into the base that successfully diffuse across the quasineutral width of the base and enter the collector
T0 1a£ £
ü Maximum amplification occurs when aT is as close as possible to unity
nP
PP
EE
E
E
E
II
I
I
I
+==g
p
p
E
CT I
I=a
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
• Common Base d.c. Current Gainü When connected in the common base configuration,
Cp T Ep T EI I Ia ga= =
C Cp Cn T E CnI I I I Iga= + = +
dc Ta ga=
CBO CnI I=
where is adc the common base d.c. current gain and ICB0 is the collector current that flows when IE=0
dc0 1a£ £
• Common Emitter d.c. Current Gainü When connected in the common emitter configuration,
0CBEdcC III += a
0CEBdcC III += b
Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
dcdc
dc1ab
a=
-
Cdc
B
II
b =
where is bdc the common emitter d.c. current gain and ICE0 is the collector current that flows when IB=0
ü Rearranging and solving for IC,
If ICE0 is negligible compared to IC
0)( CEECdcC IIII ++= aBCE
CBEdcC
IIIIII
+=+= ,0aQ
dc
CBB
dc
dcC
IIIaa
a-
+-
=11
0
1>>dcb
dc
CBCE
IIa-
=1
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Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
Summary
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Chapter 10. BJT Fundamentals
Summary
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