// Calculate circuit parameters of a Emitter Follower // Basic Electronics // By Debashis De // First Edition, 2010 // Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 5-8 in page 251 clear; clc; close; // Given data Rs=0.5*10^3; // Source resistance in ohm Rl=5*10^3; // Load resistance in ohm hfe=50; // h-parameter value of the BJT hie=1*10^3; // h-parameter value of the BJT in ohm hoe=25*10^-6; // h-parameter value of the BJT in A/V // Calculations Ai=(1+hfe)/(1+hoe*Rl); Ri=hie+Ai*Rl; Av=1-(hie/Ri); Avs=Av*(Ri/(Ri+Rs)); printf("(a)The current gain of circuit Ai = %0.1f \n",Ai); printf("(b)The input resistance of circuit Ri = %0.2e ohm \n",Ri); printf("(c)The voltage gain of circuit Av = %0.4f \n",Av); printf("(d)The voltage gain of circuit Avs = %0.4f \n",Avs); // Results // (a) The current gain of circuit Ai=45.3 // (b) The input resistance of circuit Ri=227 ohm // (c) The voltage gain of circuit Av=0.9956 // (d) The voltage gain of circuit Avs=0.9934