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A npn transistor is connected in common emitter configuration in a given amplifier. A load resistance of 800Ω is connected in the collector circuit and the voltage drop across it is 0.8V. If the current amplification factor is 0.96 and the input resistance of the circuit is 192Ω , the voltage gain and the power gain of the amplifier will respectively be:
A4,3.84B. 3.69,3.84C. 4,4D. 4,3.69

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Hint: A transistor is a semiconductor device which is used to amplify or switch electrical signals. To calculate the power gain we need current and voltage gain, since the current gain is given, we can calculate the individual current and multiply it with resistance, to get individual voltage.

Formula used:
Ai=IoutIin=IcIb=β
Vi=VoutVin=VlVb
AP=Ai×Av

Complete step by step answer:
A transistor is a semiconductor which is used to amplify the input, or acts as a switch. It has three terminals, namely collector, emitter, and base. The common transistors are bipolar transistors, which are of two types i.e. are npn and pnp.
In an NPN or negative-positive-negative transistor, can be biased in three ways: common base, common emitter, and common collector.
Here we have a NPN transistor with a common emitter configuration, then the input terminal of the transistor is the base and the output is the collector.
It is given that the, resistance due to collector Rc=800Ω, voltage in the circuit is Vl=0.8V, resistance of the base is Rb=192Ω and the current gain β=0.96
We know that current gain β=IcIb=0.96
If the transistor is forward biased, i.e. BE is forward biased, we know thatVBE=0
Then the collector current Ic=VlRc=0.8800=103A ,
Using the current gain, the base current Ib=Icβ=1030.96A
From KVL or Kirchhoff voltage law, Vb=IbRb
Then Vb=1030.96×192=0.2V
We know that, current gain Ai=IoutIin=IcIb=β=0.96
Similarly, voltage gain is Vi=VoutVin=VlVb=0.80.2=4
We also know that the power gain AP=Ai×Av where Av is the voltage gain and Ai is the current gain.
Then AP=0.96×4=3.84
Thus, the voltage gain Av and power gainAP is 4,3.84 respectively.
Hence the answer is A.4,3.84.

Note:
Current gain, voltage gain, and power gain, defined as input quantity by output quantity do not have units, since these are ratios. Also, note that we use ohm's law to find Vc. It is important to know that here, β=IcIb, which in turn gives Ib.