EE311 Analog Electronics Final Q1) (15 PTS.) A Class-A Emitter Follower Biased With A Constant Current Source Is Given in The
EE311 Analog Electronics Final Q1) (15 PTS.) A Class-A Emitter Follower Biased With A Constant Current Source Is Given in The
EE311 Analog Electronics Final Q1) (15 PTS.) A Class-A Emitter Follower Biased With A Constant Current Source Is Given in The
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Q1) (15 pts.) A class-A emitter follower biased with a constant current source is given in the
figure. You can neglect the base currents in your calculations.
VCC = 10 V
RL = 1K
β =200
VBE(on)=0.7 V
VCE(sat)=0.2 V
VBE(sat)=0.8 V
a) Determine the value of R that will produce the maximum possible output signal swing. What
is the value of IQ, and the maximum and minimum values of iE1 and iL?
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Q2) (15 pts.) Consider a three-pole feedback amplifier with a loop gain function given by
β × 1000
T( f ) =
⎛ f ⎞⎛ f ⎞⎛ f ⎞
⎜1 + j 3 ⎟⎜1 + j 4 ⎟⎜
1+ j 6 ⎟
⎝ 10 ⎠⎝ 5 × 10 ⎠⎝ 10 ⎠
a) Determine the value of β that yields a phase margin of 45 degrees. What is the value of closed
loop low frequency gain for this case?
b) If β is changed to 0.14, determine the new closed loop low frequency gain and the
approximate phase margin.
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Q3) (15 pts.) A transconductance (series-series) amplifier is given in the figure. Calculate the
closed loop transconductance gain Agf=io/vs.
V+ = 10 V
V- = - 10 V
β = 100
VBE(on)= 0.7 V
VA= ∞
RF = 10K
RC2 = 18.6K
RC3 = 2K
RL = 1K
I1 = 1 mA
I2 = 2 mA
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Q5) (15 pts.) For the common gate amplifier in the figure,
V+ = 5 V
V- = - 5 V
RS= 4K
RD= 2K
RL= 4K
RG= 50K
Ri= 0.5K
PMOS
Kp= 1 mA/V²
VTP= -0.8 V
λ= 0
Cgs= 4 pF
a) Determine the midband voltage gain Av=vo/vi. Cgd= 1 pF
b) Determine the upper 3 dB frequency.
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Q6) (15 pts.) A differential amplifier will be designed using the given topology in the figure.
VDD = 6 V
VSS = − 6 V
NMOS:
VTN = 1 V
μnCox(W/L) =1 mA/V2
PMOS:
VTP = - 1 V
μpCox(W/L) =0.5 mA/V2