Lecture Goals

EE 332

DEVICES AND CIRCUITS II

Lecture 9 Small-Signal Models and Single Transistor Amplifier (1)

Understanding of concepts related to: DC & ac equivalent Circuits /Coupling & Bypass capacitors Small-signal models: BJT/MOSFETs Amplifier characteristics/Input , output resistances, and gain

COUPLING AND BYPASS CAPACITOR

VCC

COUPLING AND BYPASS CAPACITOR

VCC

C1andC2areDC blockingcapacitors
RC C2

TheDCequivalentcircuit withcapacitors Recall

C2 vo RL

R2 Rs

C3isbypasscapacitor
RL vo

R2 Rs C1 vS R1

RC Q1

ZC =

1 , as 0 jC

Q1 C1 vS R1 RE

RE C3

Replacecapacitorsby opencircuits PerformDCanalysisto findtheQpoint (4resistorBJTcircuit)

C3

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COUPLING AND BYPASS CAPACITOR

acgroundor signalground VCC

COUPLING AND BYPASS CAPACITOR

Theacequivalentcircuit withcapacitors ReplaceDCblockingand bypasscapacitorswith shortcircuits. Basicidea:consider RE//ZC3 ZC3=0therefore,RE//ZC3=0

Replacetransistorbysmallsignalmodel
R2 Rs C1 vs R1 C3 vs R1 andR2 inparallel R1 R2 vbe r r ro RL Rs gmvbe RL ro RC

R2 Rs

RC Q1

C2

vo

C2

vo RC

C1 vS acinput R1 RE

RL

C3

COUPLING AND BYPASS CAPACITOR

SMALL SIGNAL MODEL/PNP BJT

gm:smallsignaltransconductance= IC VT r:smallsignalinputresistance= O
gm

RC Rs R1 R2 r gmvbe ro RL vo

vs

Rs r vbe gmvbe ro RC RL vo

ro:smallsignaloutputresistance=

i B = I B ib iC = I C i c = F I B F i b
Totalcurrent=DCcurrent accurrent

VA IC

vs

R1

R2

Pnpsmallsignalmodel isidenticaltonpn

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SMALL SIGNAL MODEL /FIELD-EMITTER TRANSISTOR

id gmvgs

MOSFET AMPLIFIER/OUTPUT RESISTANCE

ThecurrentequationofMOStransistor
id ig vgs vds vgs ro
iD =

vds

Kn (v VTN )2 (1 + v DS ) 2 GS for v DS vGS VTN i DS vGS iDS v DS

Q

gm =

= K n (VGS VTN )(1 + v DS ) =

2I D VGS VTN

Oxidelayer(insulator) rg,ig=0

go =

ThedifferentbetweenBJT andMOSFETisrg.

Kn ID (V VTN )2 = 2 GS 1 + VDS

ro =

1 1 + VDS 1 = ID ID go

MOSFET AMPLIFIER /INTRINSIC VOLTAGE GAIN

gm:smallsignaltransconductance
id gmvgs

gm =
vds

2ID VGS VTN

End of Lecture 9

vgs

ro

ro:smallsignaloutputresistance
ro = 1 + VDS 1 ID ID

F = gm ro
F 1

2ID 1 2 = VGS VTN I D (VGS VTN ) 2Kn ID

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