physical significance of alpha in an amplifier

hello friends,

what is the physical significance of the variable alpha in a transistor amplifier. Of course it represents the ratio of collector current to emitter current but what is the information that we actually derive out of this variable.

regards,
proffy

Replies

  • Anand Tamariya
    Anand Tamariya
    Helps in designing your electronic circuit. You can figure out how much base current is required to operate a load with certain current requirement or vice-versa.
  • Jeffrey Arulraj
    Jeffrey Arulraj
    Alpha parameter relates Ie and Ic. And based on the Alpha value of the transistor we go for the approximation Ic=Ie

    If alpha is small we can't go for this assumption

    alpha is almost unity for BC107 and some low power transistors But it is not so for Power transistors

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