// Design of Triggering Circuit for a UJT // Basic Electronics // By Debashis De // First Edition, 2010 // Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 8-10 in page 390 clear; clc; close; // Given Data Vs=30; // DC source voltage in V eta=0.51; // Intrinsic stand off ratio Ip=10*10^-6; // Peak Emitter current of UJT in mu-A Vv=3.5; // Valley voltage in V Iv=10*10^-3; // Valley current in A f=60; // Source frequency in Hz tg=50*10^-6; // width of triggering pulse in seconds C=0.5*10^-6; // Assumption for circuit Capacitance in mu-F Vd=0.5; // Fixed value of Vb in V // Calculations Vp=(eta*Vs)+Vd; Rlow=(Vs-Vp)/Ip; Rup=(Vs-Vv)/Iv; tou=1/f; R=(tou/C)*(1/log(1/(1-eta))); Rb1=tg/C; Rb2=10^4/(eta*Vs); printf("(a)The value of Base-1 Resistance of UJT is %0.2f ohm \n",Rb1); printf("(b)The value of Base-2 Resistance of UJT is %0.2f ohm \n",Rb2); printf("(c)Circuit resistance of the arrangement is %0.2e ohm \n",R); // Results // (a) The value of Base-1 Resistance of UJT is 100 ohm // (b) The value of Base-2 Resistance of UJT is 654 ohm // (c) Circuit resistance of the arrangement is 46.7 K-ohm