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    Lecture 9

    OUTLINE
    • BJT Amplifiers (cont’d)
    – Common-base topology
    – CB core
    – CB stage with source resistance
    – Impact of base resistance

    Reading: Chapter 5.3.2

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 1 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    Common Base (CB) Amplifier
    • The base terminal is biased at a fixed voltage; the input
    signal is applied to the emitter, and the output signal
    sensed at the collector.

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 2 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    Small-Signal Analysis of CB Core
    • The voltage gain of a CB stage is gmRC, which is
    identical to that of a CE stage in magnitude and
    opposite in phase.

    Av  g m RC
    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 3 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley
    Tradeoff between Gain and Headroom
    • To ensure that the BJT operates in active mode, the
    voltage drop across RC cannot exceed VCC-VBE.

    IC VCC  VBE
    Av  RC 
    VT VT

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 4 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    Simple CB Stage Example
    VCC = 1.8V
    IC = 0.2mA
    IS = 5x10-17 A
     = 100

    R2
    Vb  1.354V  VCC if I1  I B
    R1  R2
    VCC
    Choose I1  10 I B  20A 
    1 R1  R2
    Av  g m RC   2230  17.2  R1  22.3k, R2  67.7 k
    EE105 Fall 2007
    130 Lecture 9, Slide 5 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley
    Input Impedance of a CB Stage
    • The input impedance of a CB stage is much smaller
    than that of a CE stage.

    1
    Rin  if VA  
    gm

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 6 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    CB Stage with Source Resistance
    • With the inclusion of a source resistance, the input
    signal is attenuated before it reaches the emitter of
    the amplifier; therefore, the voltage gain is lowered.
    – This effect is similar to CE stage emitter degeneration.

    RC
    Av 
    1
     RS
    gm
    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 7 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley
    Practical Example of a CB Stage
    • An antenna usually has low output impedance;
    therefore, a correspondingly low input impedance is
    required for the following stage.

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 8 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    Output Impedance of a CB Stage
    • The output impedance of a CB stage is equal to RC in
    parallel with the impedance looking into the collector.

    Rout1  1  g m ( RE || r ) rO   RE || r 
    Rout 2  RC || Rout1
    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 9 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley
    Output Impedance: CE vs. CB Stages
    • The output impedances of emitter-degenerated CE and
    CB stages are the same. This is because the circuits for
    small-signal analysis are the same when the input port
    is grounded.

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 10 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    Av of CB Stage with Base Resistance
    (VA = ∞)
    • With base resistance, the voltage gain degrades.
    vout
    vout   g m v RC  v  
    g m RC
    v vout
    vP    r  RB    r  RB 
    r r g m RC
    vout
    vP   r  RB 
    RC
    vout
     r  RB   vin
    v v v  1   v  R
    KCL at node P :   g m v  P in    g m   out   C
    r RE  r  g m RC  RE

    vout RC RC
     
    vin r     1 RE  RB 1
     RE 
    RB
    gm  1
    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 11 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley
    Voltage Gain: CE vs. CB Stages
    • The magnitude of the voltage gain of a CB stage with
    source and base resistances is the same as that of a CE
    stage with base resistance and emitter degeneration.

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 12 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    Rin of CB Stage with Base Resistance
    (VA = ∞)
    • The input impedance of a CB stage with base
    resistance is equal to 1/gm plus RB divided by (+1).
    This is in contrast to a degenerated CE stage, in which
    the resistance in series with the emitter is multiplied
    by (+1) when seen from the base.
    v
    KCL   g m v  ix
    r
    1  r 
      g m   v x   ix
     r  r  RB 
    r vx r  RB 1 RB
    v   vx Rin    
    r  RB ix  1 gm  1

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 13 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    Input Impedance Seen at Emitter vs. Base

    Common Base Stage Common Emitter Stage

    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 14 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley


    Input Impedance Example
    • To find RX, we have to first find Req, treat it as the base
    resistance of Q2 and divide it by (+1).

    1 RB 1 1  1 RB 
    Req   Rx     
    g m1   1 g m 2   1  g m1   1 
    EE105 Fall 2007 Lecture 9, Slide 15 Prof. Liu, UC Berkeley

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