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Q.Draw the static characteristics of a power transistor and mark different region.

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Plot ICI_C vs VCEV_{CE} for increasing base current IBI_B, and mark the cut-off, active, quasi-saturation and hard-saturation regions.

The static output characteristics of a power bipolar junction transistor (PBJT) show how the collector current ICI_C varies with the collector-emitter voltage VCEV_{CE} for different fixed values of base current IBI_B. The vertical axis is ICI_C and the horizontal axis is VCEV_{CE}; each curve corresponds to one value of IBI_B, and ICI_C increases as IBI_B increases.

The regions to mark are:

  • Cut-off region: IB≤0I_B\le 0; only a small leakage current flows, both junctions are reverse biased and the transistor is OFF (curve lies almost on the VCEV_{CE} axis).
  • Active region: the emitter-base junction is forward biased and the collector-base junction reverse biased; IC≈βIBI_C\approx\beta I_B and the curves are nearly flat (ICI_C almost independent of VCEV_{CE}). …

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