Question

The plate resistance of a triode is 8 kΩ and the transconductance is 2.5 millimho. (a) If the plate voltage is increased by 48 V and the grid voltage is kept constant, what will be the increase in the plate current? (b) With plate voltage kept constant at this increased value, by how much should the grid voltage be decreased in order to bring the plate current back to its initial value?

Answer 1

Given:
Plate resistance, $r_{\mathrm{p}}=8\mathrm{k}\Omega =8000\mathrm{k}\Omega$
Change in plate voltage, $\delta V_{\mathrm{p}}=48\mathrm{V}$
Formula for plate resistance:
$$\begin{gathered} r_{\mathrm{P}}={\left(\frac{\delta V_{\mathrm{P}}}{\delta I_{\mathrm{P}}}\right)}_{{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{G}}=\mathrm{constant}} \\ \Rightarrow \delta I_{\mathrm{p}}=\frac{\delta V_{\mathrm{p}}}{r_{\mathrm{p}}}{}_{V_{\mathrm{G}=\mathrm{constant}}} \\ \Rightarrow \delta I_{\mathrm{p}}=\frac{48}{8000}=0.006\mathrm{A}=6\mathrm{mA} \end{gathered}$$

(b) Now, V_p is kept constant.
Change in plate current,
$\delta I_{\mathrm{p}}=6\mathrm{mA}=0.006\mathrm{A}$
Transconductance,
$$\begin{gathered} g_{\mathrm{m}}=0.0025\mathrm{mho} \\ \delta V_G\mathit{}=\frac{\delta I_{\mathrm{p}}}{g_{\mathrm{m}}}=\frac{0.006}{0.0025} \\ \delta V_G=2.4\mathrm{V},\mathrm{at}\mathrm{constant}\mathrm{plate}\mathrm{voltage} \end{gathered}$$