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In figure "A" of the illustration, the battery Vcc and the resistor RL are in the circuit for what functional purpose? See illustration EL-0022.

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In figure "A" of the illustration, the battery Vcc and the resistor RL are in the circuit for what functional purpose? See illustration EL-0022.

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• Identify which transistor terminals are connected to Vcc and RL in figure A. • Recall that a transistor’s collector circuit is usually set up so that the collector-base (and thus collector-emitter) junction is reverse biased in a basic amplifier. • Compare what part of the transistor is actually affected by Vbb and Rb versus what part is affected by Vcc and RL.

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• Trace the path of current from Vcc → RL → transistor → Vbb/ground. Which junction (emitter-base or emitter-collector) does this path primarily set the voltage across? • Ask yourself: does Vcc with RL directly control the small forward bias needed at the base-emitter junction, or does it instead establish the larger voltage across the collector circuit for amplification? • Look at what Vbb and Rb are doing in figure A. Once you know which junction they bias, you can infer what junction is being set up by Vcc and RL.

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• Verify which lead at the top of the transistor symbol is the collector and which at the bottom is the emitter in this NPN configuration. • Confirm whether Vbb and Rb are connected into the base-emitter path; if so, then Vcc and RL must serve a different biasing function. • Make sure you distinguish between forward bias (current easily flows across a PN junction) and reverse bias (junction is held at a higher voltage but with minimal current) when deciding what Vcc and RL are doing across the emitter-collector path.

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Question 1 of 20

In figure "A" of the illustration, the battery Vcc and the resistor RL are in the circuit for what functional purpose? See illustration EL-0022.

forward bias the emitter-base

reverse bias the emitter-base

forward bias the emitter/collector

reverse bias the emitter/collector

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Question 1 / 205eccefa5bacbc34ba4d48678

Question 1 of 205eccefa5bacbc34ba4d48678

In figure "A" of the illustration, the battery Vcc and the resistor RL are in the circuit for what functional purpose? See illustration EL-0022.

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In figure "A" of the illustration, the battery Vcc and the resistor RL are in the circuit for what functional purpose? See illustration EL-0022.

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