BJT practice problems
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An ideal, uniformly doped silicon npn transistor has the following doping and widths.
NPN | emitter | base | collector |
doping | NDE = 1.5e+17 cm-3 | NAB = 5.0e+15 cm-3 | NDC = 1.67e+15 cm-3 |
widths | WE = 4.5 μm | WB = 1.5 μm | WC = 9 μm |
The BJT area is 400 μm x 400 μm.
Calculate βF and IS for the BJT.
If the BJT is biased in forward active operation, with VBE = 0.7 V, calculate the base, collector, and emitter currents, assuming room temperature operation.
Note: For silicon,
- the intrinsic carrier concentration is ni = 6.0e+9 cm-3
- the electron diffusion coefficient is 35 cm2/s, and
- the hole diffusion coefficient is 10 cm2/s.