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Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology
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Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology

by Ahmad Hemami
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
824 pages
22h 58m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology

18Transistor Circuits

OBJECTIVES: After studying this chapter, you will be able to

  • Describe the characteristic curves of transistors
  • Explain other ways that a transistor amplifier can be made
  • Define various classes of amplifiers and their differences
  • Use transistors in circuits
  • Use a transistor for voltage or current amplification
  • Define emitter follower
  • Explain the input and output impedances
  • Explain impedance matching
  • Define voltage and current gains
  • Describe coupling in amplifiers and the ways this is carried out

New terms: Active region, breakdown voltage, cascaded, conduction angle, coupling (in amplifier), current gain, emitter follower, fixed bias, impedance matching, input impedance, load line (in transistor), output impedance, power ...

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ISBN: 9781482261783