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Why is hFE specified at a stated collector current?

  • A.Because leakage is proportional to the current
  • B.Because breakdown voltage falls with current
  • C.Because beta peaks at a moderate current
  • D.Because the thermal voltage depends on current

Answer: C

Beta rises from low current, peaks, and falls again at high current, so a single figure is meaningless without the current it was measured at. The thermal voltage is set by temperature alone, leakage is largely independent of the operating current, and the collector voltage ratings do fall a little with current but for unrelated reasons. Any parameter with a peak has to be quoted with its conditions, and treating a headline figure as universal is how designs come to work only near one operating point.

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