On the high frequency application of transistor chopper, the spike voltage due to chopper excitation is the main limitting factor to the drift voltage level.
In this paper, first, linear network theory of the spike voltage is described and important characteristic of the spike area is clarified. Then the spike area and the spike waveforms are calculated by some simple models and, general expression of the spike area coLcidering load effect, filter effect, nonlinier effect of the transistor capacitance, etc. is obtained.
In the latter of the paper, various experimental deta are shown which coincide well with the theoretical results.
The spike area S
a and S
b are proportional to exciting voltage, load resistance and especially exciting frequency. Moreover, spike areas are also concidered to be proportional to the drift voltage of the circuit. Consequently, the upper limit of the exciting frequency is obtained.
In the appendix, some effects of the minority carrier storage of the transistor are discussed, showing to be negligible as compered with spike effect.
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