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Credit: 3 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Jayachandra N. Sakamuri, Electrical Engineer
In How To Design and Build a One Transistor Common Emitter Amplifier, you'll learn ...
- How a NPN small signal class A transistor amplifier works
- A way to look at the collector base junction of a transistor amplifier as a variable leaky junction
- How to determine the DC operating points of a one transistor circuit
Overview
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Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 33 pages
This paper was written with the intention of showing transistors operate in a practical manner. Very little attention is paid to the holes and electrons and what happens at the basic physics level. Instead, a practical model is built showing what a transistor does when it is used in a simple amplifier circuit. A basic knowledge of Ohm’s Law is helpful, but not necessary. What is needed to understand how this amplifier works is given as it is needed. Voltage, current, and power gains are covered. A way to find the DC operating points of a simple transistor circuit is shown. Frequency response is covered, as well as phase shift and decibel gain.
This course was designed for electrical engineers as well as engineers of other disciplines. There is very little math involved in the doing of this course. The understanding of basic algebra is all that is necessary.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- How a NPN small signal class A transistor amplifier works
- A way to look at the collector base junction of a transistor amplifier as a variable leaky junction
- How to determine the DC operating points of a one transistor circuit
- How voltage, current, and power gains are calculated for a one transistor circuit
- What does decibel mean and how to use the concept
- How to determine the frequency response of a one transistor amplifier
- What does phase shift mean, and how to determine phase shift at different frequencies
- Efficiency of a class A amplifier
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 33 pages
