EE 311 LECTURES: Electronics I Frequency Response

1 BJT High Frequency Model

A BJT transistor in the active mode can be approximated for hand calculation in this course to the following model:

For each transistor you buy, its datasheet contains the following parameters: (e.g. 2N2222A) VJC VJE C JC C JE F 0.4V 0.8V 19.4 pF 29.6 pF 325 ps

Note that C and C are not constant values, and they can then be calculated after the DC analysis as follows:

C =

C JC VCB 1 + V JC
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C = F

C JE IC + VT V 1 BE V JE

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where VCB = VC VB and VBE = VB VE , the DC voltages of the nodes.

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2 Common-Emitter Amplifier

2.1 Low Cut-off Frequency

1. Calculate the frequencies of each low frequency capacitor (C1, C2 , and CE): 1 R11 = R S + R B //(r + ( + 1)R X ) f1 = 2 R11C1 1 R 22 = R L + RC f2 = 2 R 22 C 2 r + RS // R B 1 R EE = R E 2 // fE = RX + +1 2 R EEC E 2. The Cut-off frequency fL will be in the range: max( f1 , f 2 , f E ) f L f1 + f 2 + f E

2.2 High Cut-off Frequency

1. Calculate the frequencies of each high cut-off capacitor (C, C): R SB = RS // R B R XX = r + ( + 1) R X RCL = RC // RL r (R + R X ) 1 R = SB f = RSB + R XX 2 R C R (R + RCL ) + ( + 1) RSB RCL 1 R = XX SB f = RSB + R XX 2 R C 2. The Cut-off frequency fH will be in the range:
1 1 1 + f f f H min ( f , f )

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3 Common-Collector Amplifier

3.1 Low Cut-off Frequency

1. Calculate the frequencies of each low cut-off capacitor (C1, and C2):
R11 R 22 = R S + R B //[r + ( + 1).(R E // R L )] r + (R S // R B ) = R L + R E // +1 f1 f2 1 2 R11C 1 1 = 2 R 22 C 2 =

2. The Cut-off frequency fL will be in the range: max( f1 , f 2 ) f L f 1 + f 2

3.2 High Cut-off Frequency

1. Calculate the frequencies of each high cut-off capacitor (C, C):

R R

= RS //[ ( + 1) (RE // RL ) ]

f f

= r //[RS // R B + ( + 1) (R L // R E )]

1 2 R C 1 = 2 R C =

2. The Cut-off frequency f H will be in the range:

1 f H min ( f , f ) 1 1 + f f

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