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ECE 333 Linear Electronics
Chapter 7 Transistor Amplifiers
How a MOSFET or BJT can be used to make an
amplifier  linear amplification  model the linear
operation Three basic ways  Practical circuits by
discrete components
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Introduction
• The basic principles of using MOSFET and BJT
in amplifier design are the same.
• Active region
- MOSFET: saturation or pinch-off region)
- BJT: active mode
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7.1 Basic Principles
• 7.1.1 The basis for amplifier operation
– The basic application of a transistor in amplifier
design is that when the device is operated in the
active region, a voltage-controlled current source
is realized.
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• 7.1.2 Obtaining a voltage amplifier (NMOS and
npn amplifiers)
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• 7.1.3 The voltage-transfer characteristics
– VTC is non-linear:
For BJT:
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• 7.1.4 Obtaining Linear Amplification by Biasing
the Transistor
– A dc voltage VGS is selected to obtain operation at
a point Q on the segment AB of the VTC
– Q: bias point or dc operation point, or quiescent
point
– The signal to be amplified is vgs(t)
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Figure 7.3 Biasing the MOSFET amplifier at a point Q located on the segment AB of the VTC.
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Fig. 7.4 The MOSFET
amplifier with a small
time-varying signal vgs(t)
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• 7.1.5 The Small-Signal Voltage Gain
(* because at B point, VGS is
largest for saturation)
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Example 7.1
Solution: VGS=0.6V, VOV=0.2V
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(b)
The max negative swing at the drain is 0.2V. The
positive side is fine with 0.2V (0.6V is still less
than VDD)
Max
More precise analysis
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• For BJT:
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Example 7.2
(Read it by yourself)
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• 7.1.6 Determining the VTC by Graphical Analysis
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7.2 Small-Signal Operation and Models
• 7.2.1 The MOSFET Case
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• The signal current in the drain terminal
Small-signal condition:
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• If the small-signal condition is satisfied:
Voltage gain
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Fig. 7.12
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• Separating the DC analysis and the signal
analysis
• Small-signal equivalent circuit models
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• With MOSFET channel modulation
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• The Transconductance gm
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• Example 7.3: small-signal voltage gain?
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IG = 0 
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• Modeling the Body effect
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• 7.2.2 The BJT Case
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• Collector current and Transcoductance
If:
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If:
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• The base current and the input resistance at
the base
• The emitter current and the input resistance
at the emitter
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• Example 7.5: determine vo/vi . Known β=100
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1. At the quiescent operating point
Since VC > VB  CBJ is reverse biased, the device
is operating in the active mode
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2. Determine the small-signal model
3. Determine signal vbe and vo
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Small signal at output
Voltage gain
* The voltage gain is small because RBB is
much larger than rπ
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7. 3 Basic Configurations
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• 7.3.2 Characterizing Amplifiers
Output resistance
Overall voltage gain
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• 7.3.3 The common-source (CS) and commonemitter amplifiers
common-source
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• Common-emitter amplifier
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• 7.3.4 CS and CE amplifier with a Rs or Re
With load resistance:
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• 7.3.5 The common-Gate (CG) and the
Common-Base (CB) Amplifiers
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• The source and emitter followers (commondrain or common-collector amplifiers)
(* because infinite Rin)
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7.4 Biasing
1. To establish in the drain (collector) a dc
current that is predictable, and insensitive to
variations in temperature and to large
variations in parameter values between
devices of the same type;
2. To locate the dc operating point in the active
region and allow required output signal
swing without the transistor leaving the
active region.
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• The MOSFET case
- E.g., biasing by fixing VG and connecting a Rs
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• Example 7.11
Solution: design the resistance by distributing
VDD into 3 equal part on RD, transistor VDS and RS
(each part = 5 V)
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When Vt = 1.5 V
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• 7.5 Discrete-Circuit Amplifiers
(self-reading)
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