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Why is the base voltage rather than the base current specified in a divider design?

  • A.Voltage is the quantity the emitter resistor responds to directly
  • B.Voltage is the quantity the divider actually fixes
  • C.Base current cannot be measured without breaking the circuit open
  • D.Base current varies with the collector-emitter voltage applied

Answer: B

A stiff divider is a voltage source, so the base voltage is what it holds constant, and the emitter resistor then converts that into a current. The base current is whatever the device happens to draw and is exactly the beta-dependent quantity the arrangement is avoiding. Specifying the quantity a circuit actually controls, rather than one that follows from it, is what keeps a design's assumptions visible.

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