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Device Structure and Physical Operation -

Sedra-Smith
Adersh Miglani
IIT Delhi
September 04, 2013
Adersh Miglani 3. Device Structure and Physical Operation - Sedra-Smith
Introduction
1
The basic principle involved in BJT is the use of the voltage
between two terminals to control the current owing in the
third terminal.
2
BJTs are still preferred in high-frequency applications, such as
radio-frequency (RF) circuits for wireless systems.
3
Emitter-coupled logic is still in use for a very high speed
digital circuits.
4
BJTs are used in very high frequency and high current
operations. On the other side, MOSFETs are used in high
input impedance and low power operations.
5
CMOS technology uses MOSFETs and BiMOS or BiCMOS
technology uses combination of BJTs and MOSFETs.
6
BJT consists of two pn-junctions, the emitter-base junction
(EBJ) and collector-base junction (CBJ). Depending on the
bias conditions forward or reverse dierent modes of operation
of the BJT are obtained such as Cuto, Active, Reverse
active and Saturation.
Adersh Miglani 3. Device Structure and Physical Operation - Sedra-Smith