Exam 30: Bipolar Junction Transistors

The voltage rating, V_EBO is the maximum allowable ______________-base voltage with the collector open.

Transistors are used when it is necessary to amplify voltage, current, or power.

The transistor cannot be used as an electronic switch in computer circuits.

The base of a bipolar junction transistor is very thin and lightly doped.

In a common-base connection, the emitter lead is common to both the input and output side of the circuit.

The dc load line is a ______________ that allows us to determine all possible combinations of I_C and V_CE for a given amplifier.

The dc current gain of a transistor in the common-emitter connection is called dc beta.

For a transistor to operate properly as an amplifier, the emitter-base is

If a transistor is biased so that it is not operating in saturation or cutoff, it is said to be operating in the ______________ region.

When checking a transistor with an ohmmeter

If a transistor is biased so that it is not operating in saturation or cutoff, it is said to be operating in the

When a transistor is saturated, further increases in base current produce further increases in collector current.

The simplest method to bias a transistor is called

A transistor has two doped regions.

A transistor's output signal can be hundreds or even thousands of times larger than the input signal.

A characteristic that describes how closely the emitter and collector currents are in a common base circuit is called the

The most popular way to bias a transistor is with ______________-divider bias.

An analog ohmmeter can be used to check a transistor because the emitter-base and collector-base junctions are p-n junctions.

A control voltage or current is the

For an NPN transistor schematic symbol, the arrow on the emitter lead points ______________.