NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 2000

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                    If \[\alpha \] and \[\beta \] are current gains in common-base and common-emitter configurations of a transistor, then \[\beta \] is equal to:

    A)                 \[\frac{1}{\alpha }\]       

    B)                 \[\frac{\alpha }{1+\alpha }\]      

    C)                 \[\frac{\alpha }{1-\alpha }\]

    D)                 \[\alpha -\frac{1}{\alpha }\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                                    Current gain in common-base configuration is.                 \[\alpha ={{\left( \frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{E}}} \right)}_{{{V}_{CB}}}}\]                 Current gain in common-emitter configuration is,                 \[\beta ={{\left( \frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{B}}} \right)}_{{{V}_{CE}}}}\]                 \[Also{{i}_{B}}={{i}_{E}}-{{i}_{C}}\] \[or\Delta {{i}_{B}}=\Delta {{i}_{E}}-\Delta {{i}_{C}}\] \[\therefore \beta =\frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{B}}}=\frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{E}}}\times \frac{\Delta {{i}_{E}}}{\Delta {{i}_{B}}}\] \[or\beta =\alpha \times \frac{\Delta {{i}_{E}}}{\Delta {{i}_{E}}-\Delta {{i}_{C}}}\] \[orB=\alpha \times \frac{1}{1-\frac{\Delta {{i}_{C}}}{\Delta {{i}_{E}}}}\] \[or\beta =\frac{\alpha }{1-\alpha }\]                 Note:    \[\beta \] is always greater than \[\alpha \]. Also \[\alpha <1\] and \[\beta >1\].


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