MULTIPLE

BJT
NETWORKS
JAY-R M. BALLON, MAIE
SUBJECT INSTRUCTOR
COMMON MULTIPLE BJT
CIRCUITS
R-C COUPLING
DARLINGTON
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FEEDBACK PAIR
DIRECT COUPLED
R-C COUPLED BJT
AMPLIFIERS
is probably the most
common. The collector
output of one stage is
fed directly into the
base of the next stage
using a coupling
capacitor C C . The
capacitor is chosen to
ensure that it will block
dc between the stages
and act like a short
DC EQUIVALENT
 feeds the output of one
stage directly into the
DARLINGTON PAIR
input of the succeeding
stage.
DC ANAYSIS
 ties the collector of one transistor to the
emitter of the other. In essence it is a
voltage-divider network with a common-

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base configuration at the collector. The
result is a network with a high gain and a
reduced Miller capacitance
 employs both an npn and
pnp transistor. The result is a

FEEDBACK PAIR
configuration that provides
high gain with increased
stability.
DIRECT-COUPLED
CURRENT MIRROR
EXAMPLE 4.27 Calculate the
mirrored current I in the circuit
of Fig. 4.76.
EXAMPLE 4.28 C alculate the current I
through each of the transistor Q 2 and
Q 3 in the circuit of Fig. 4.77.