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Transistors And Potential Dividers

Dear All..

 

Being a novice in the electronics world, I did a little circuit using a potential divider with a transistor.

 

Can you guys please verify it for me and suggest to me what precautions ( concerning leakage currents etc etc )  I have ommitted or could have been implemented to enhance the circuit?

 

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Hi SatyamBhujan,

 

The lamp requires 5V to turn on and power rating is 1W.  If  multiple to probe voltage and current, you get 1.6W so if you design a circuit like this, you light bulb will not last long.

 

What you should do is change value of R1 or R2 so that the voltage at the emitter is greater than 5V but power remain below 1W.

 

 

Tien P.

National Instruments
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Point Noted.

 

I was wondering if it was a good thing to place the load on the Emitter side because all the circuits that I have consulted so far, had their loads on the collector side.

 

Grateful, if you could elaborate the pros and cons of this.

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SatyamBhujan,

 

Apparently you have little circuit design experience, because the emitter follower is a very basic circuit.

 

The circuit has voltage gain of 1 (or very slightly less than 1). The current gain is limited to the inherent gain of the transistor. So the voltage on the lamp is approximately equal to the voltage at the base of the transistor (offset by the base emitter voltage drop, typically 0.6-0.7 V for silicon transistors). The circuit is non-inverting, meaning that an increase in the base voltage produces an increase in the output voltage. One advantage is that is it easy to use a grounded load.

 

The circuit with the load on the collector side can have voltage gain > 1. If the circuit has an emitter resistor, the voltage gain is set by the ratio of the collector and emitter resistances (as long as the ratio is less than the maximum the transistor can support).  It is also possible to design circuits of this configuration where the DC operating point (bias currents) are somewhat independent of the gain. The laod is connected to the positive power supply, not ground. The output is inverted, meaning that an increase in the base voltage produces a decrease in the collector voltage.

 

You can look at any text on transistor circuit design for more information.

 

Lynn

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Can you suggest a good textbook on electronics which gives a good understanding from basics to an advanced level?

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My experience with textbooks is about 4 decades out of date, so I do not have nay suggestions.

 

Lynn

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