
PNP BJT small signal model - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
Nov 22, 2018 · I have been solving BJT circuits on my textbook and stumbled upon a PNP BJT small signal model question. It asks to build the small signal model of a PNP transistor circuit. When I checked the proposed solution, I was a bit confused. Following are the original circuit and the proposed small-signal model.
bjt - In the PNP transistor, base current is the sum of emitter and ...
Jul 6, 2021 · The PNP transistor at the right side doesn't follow any characteristics of the 4 modes of operation of BJT. How is this possible? PSPICE simulation has shown quite similar results. Here, beta=100.
PNP high-side transistor switching with microcontroller
There is a temptation to think that we could do the same trick with an PNP transistor as shown in Figure 1b. The problem is that the emitter-base junction is always forward biased. This will apply the 12 V to the chip output and destroy it or, if there are protection diodes on the output, the current will flow through the protection diodes into ...
bjt - How to calculate the power dissipation in a transistor ...
Here is an answer which is more rough, but easy to recall and useful as a first approximation. Only the case of a NPN bipolar junction transistor is dealt here; things are similar for PNP bipolar junction transistors.
bjt - What's the difference between NPN and PNP transistors ...
Apr 13, 2017 · The only difference lies within the functionality of the transistors. In grounded (common) emitter configuration, when a base current is provided (or to be more practical-when base is connected to 5v supply) of a PNP transistor, no conduction takes place as the majority carriers in n region are electrons whose motion is suppressed and no path is formed b/w …
bjt - PNP: What happens if the base voltage is higher than the …
Mar 16, 2023 · Just wanted to say that if the base voltage of a small signal PNP BJT is sufficiently reverse-biased, it will break down. For common PNPs this may be at about 5, 6, or 7 volts, roughly. If you need some kind of fuller answer and explain better, I might try an answer. Otherwise, that's all you need to know I guess. \$\endgroup\$ –
bjt - PNP transistor to command LED - Electrical Engineering Stack …
Then I have a question, is it possible to have a command of 3.3V and the PNP tied to the 5V. I am thinking it is not possible because if the command is at 0 the BJT is saturated and everything is OK but if the command is at 3.3V then Veb= 5-3.3=1.7>0.7 and the …
bjt - What's the differences of these usage of PNP, NPN transistors ...
Jun 18, 2016 · When operating in saturated mode, the power consumption of the BJT can be substantially lower than when in active mode. This leads to less self-heating of the BJT, and probably a longer operating life. Note my use of "may" and "can". This all depends on the resistor values being chosen appropriately for the application.
voltage regulator - What does (PNP) BJT with shorted C-E do ...
Feb 19, 2016 · Considering the identical layout, and NatSemi being the source of the layouts, the shorted Q2 PNP C-E will act the same. As @Robherc suggests, it's likely used as a matched pair, to provided some performance gain compared to a random diode which would have a much different performance.
How to tell if a BJT is PNP or NPN by looking at the circuit?
Feb 27, 2019 · PNP BJT small signal model. 0. BJT Circuit Current. 0. Polarities of high current bypass, and short ...