Tutorial for common-emitter amplifier design (part 1 of 2)

In this video (1 of 2), I talk about the DC analysis of a common-emitter transistor amplifier. In particular, the voltage divider bias setup and equations.

I give formulas for I_B (DC base current), I_C (DC collector current) and V_CE (voltage from collector to emitter).

Given I_C (quiescent current), beta (aka h_FE), and V_CC (source voltage), I show how to compute R_C (collector resistance), R_E (emitter resistance), R_1 and R_2 (voltage divider bias resistors).

Link to "Practical Electronics for Inventors book (pdf)": http://instrumentacion.qi.fcen.uba.ar/libro/Scherz.pdf

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