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Bipolar Junction Transistors: Operation, Circuit Models, and Applications

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the basic principles of amplification and switching. Section 10.1.
2. Understand the physical operation of bipolar transistors; determine the operating point of a bipolar transistor circuit. Section 10.2.
3. Understand the large-signal model of the bipolar transistor, and apply it to simple amplifier circuits. Section 10.3.
4. Select the operating point of a bipolar transistor circuit; understand the principle of small-signal amplifiers. Section 10.4.
5. Understand the operation of a bipolar transistor as a switch, and analyze basic analog and digital gate circuits. Section 10.5.