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Why does impedance reflect upwards by beta looking into the base?

  • A.The base carries only a fraction of the emitter current
  • B.The base-emitter junction has a very high resistance
  • C.The collector current adds to the base current there
  • D.The emitter resistor is bypassed at signal frequencies

Answer: A

For a given voltage across the emitter resistor, the base supplies only a beta-th of the current, so the apparent resistance at the base is beta times larger. The junction resistance is small, the collector current does not flow in the base, and bypassing would remove the effect entirely. Whenever a terminal handles a fraction of the current at the same voltage, the impedance seen there is scaled by the reciprocal of that fraction - a rule that covers transformers and followers alike.

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