GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

ECE 3040C: MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
FALL SEMESTER 2011, HOMEWORK #7
SOLUTIONS

1. Complete Common Emitter Stage: (60 points)

We are going to assume that the transistor is biased in forward active mode. The problem
can be solved either rigorously or approximately (assuming a constant VBE=0.7V when
BE diode is forward biased). Either solution would be acceptable.
First the exact solution:

The approximate solution can be obtained much more simply by assuming that VBE is
going to be constant and equal to 0.7V when BE is forward biased.

C)

m1
freq= 100.0MHz
mag (V out)/mag (V in)=12.879
m1

12.9

mag(V out)/mag(V in)

12.8
12.7
12.6
12.5
12.4
12.3
12.2
0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

freq, G Hz

Simulations match well with calculations.

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

2.

Pierret, Problem 16.7 (a)(i) (30 points)