ENG 571 - Lecture - Notes - Week - 7 - Part - 1
ENG 571 - Lecture - Notes - Week - 7 - Part - 1
ENG 571 - Lecture - Notes - Week - 7 - Part - 1
Amplifiers (part 2)
Sina Vafi
College of Engineering, IT and Environment
High-frequency response of CG
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f P1 fP2
1 2(C gd C L )R L
2C gs ( Rs || )
gm
High-frequency response of CG (cont.)
Frequency response with effect of ro:
Effect of Cgs Effect of (Cgd+CL)
Rgs=Rin||RS Rgd=RL||Rout
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fH of Common-gate: fH
2[C gs R gs (C gd C L )R gd ]
Source follower (Common drain)
Rgd=Rsig
Rgs=(Rsig+R′L)/(1+gmR′L) 1 1
fH
2H 2(C gs R gs C gd R gd C L R CL )
RCl=RL||Ro
• None of internal capacitances (Cgs, Cgd and CL) suffers from Miller’s effect.
• Main advantage of source follower: its excellent high frequency response
Emitter follower (common collector)
Rin=RB||(β+1)[re+(ro||RL)]
Rsig || RB
Rout ro || re
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RB (ro || R L )
Gv
R B R sig R sig || R B
re ( ro R L )
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High-frequency response:
•At the frequency sz =|jωz| the current of R´L
is set to zero: gmvπ +Vπ/rπ+vπ SCπ=0.
ωZ=1/(Cп re)≈ωT
Rμ=R′sig|| [rп+(β+1)R′L]
R sig R L 1 1
R fH
R sig R L 2H 2(C R C R )
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r re