Devices and Circuits Ii: Lecture Goals
Devices and Circuits Ii: Lecture Goals
Devices and Circuits Ii: Lecture Goals
EE 332
Understanding of concepts related to: Transistors as linear amplifiers dc and ac equivalent circuits Use of coupling and bypass capacitors and inductors to modify dc and ac equivalent circuits Small-signal voltages and currents Small-signal models for diodes and transistors Identification of common-source and common-emitter amplifiers Amplifier characteristics such as voltage gain, input and output resistances and linear signal range Rule-of-thumb estimates for voltage gain of common-emitter and common-source amplifiers.
Introduction to Amplifiers
BJT is an excellent amplifier when biased in forward-active region FET can be used as amplifier if operated in pinch-off or saturation region. In these regions, transistors can provide high voltage, current and power gains. Bias is provided to stabilize the operating point in desired operation region. Q-point also determines Small-signal parameters of transistor Voltage gain, input resistance, output resistance Maximum input and output signal amplitudes Power consumption
BJT Amplifier
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BJT Amplifier
BJT is biased in active region by dc voltage source VBE. Q-point is set at (IC, VCE)=(1.5 mA, 5 V) with IB = 15 A. Total base-emitter voltage is: vBE =VBE + vbe Collector-emitter voltage is: load line
v = 10 i R CE C C
MOSFET Amplifier
Minus sign indicates 1800 phase shift between input and output signals.
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MOSFET Amplifier
MOSFET Amplifier
MOSFET is biased in active region by dc voltage source VGS. Q-point is set at (ID, VDS)=(1.56 mA, 4.8 V) with VGS =3.5 V. Total gate-source voltage is:
v =V + vgs GS GS
1 V p-p change in vGS gives 1.25 mA p-p change in iD and 4 V p-p change in vDS.
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DC and AC Analysis
DC analysis: Find dc equivalent circuit by replacing all capacitors by open circuits and inductors by short circuits. Find Q-point from dc equivalent circuit by using appropriate largesignal transistor model. AC analysis: Find ac equivalent circuit by replacing all capacitors by short circuits, inductors by open circuits, dc voltage sources by ground connections and dc current sources by open circuits. Replace transistor by small-signal model Use small-signal ac equivalent to analyze ac characteristics of amplifier. Combine end results of dc and ac analysis to yield total voltages and currents in the network.
All capacitors in original amplifier circuits are replaced by open circuits, disconnecting vI, RI, and R3 from circuit.
= R C
R R
= 10 k 30 k = 4 . 3 k 100 k
ac equivalent
Simplified ac equivalent
R = R
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gd is small but non-zero for ID = 0 because slope of diode equation is nonzero at origin. 1 Diode resistance is given by: r = d g d
Current-Controlled Attenuator
Magnitude of ac voltage vo developed across diode can be controlled by value of dc bias current applied to diode.
V + v +i = I exp D d D d S V T
V = I exp D S V T
2 3 v v 1 v 1 v 1 + I exp D d + d + d + ... S 2 V 6 V V V T T T T
Subtracting ID from both sides of the equation, 2 3 v v v 1 d d i = ( I + I ) + + 1 d + ... D S V d 2 V 6 V T T T For id to be a linear function of signal voltage vd, v << 2V = 0.05V T d This represents the requirement for small-signal operation of the diode. v i = ( I + I ) d i = I + g v D D d d D S d V T
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Current-Controlled Attenuator
From dc equivalent circuit ID = I,
From ac equivalent circuit, r 1 d =v 1 =v vo = v ir +R i R i ( I + I )R I d S I 1+ I 1+ r V d T For RI =1 k, IS =10-15 A, If I = 0, vo = vi, magnitude of vi is limited to only 5 mV. If I = 100 A, input signal is attenuated by a factor of 5, vi can have a magnitude of 25 mV.
The port variables can represent either time-varying part of total voltages and currents or small changes in them away from Q-point values.
= be =0
=
i v
B
Q point
=0
I = C V T =
Q point
CE
C
i v
be v ce = 0 = v be =0
BE C
End of Lecture 6
I C +V CE
Q point
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ic v ce
i v
CE
i i B y = b = 11 v v BE be v = 0 ce
=
Q point
oV
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