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Common Gate Amplifier

Common Drain Amplifier


Common-Gate Amplifier
Properties:
 Low input resistance
 Positive gain

Find Rin, Rout, Av and G


DC Equivalent Circuit

ID=I

Capacitors are open circuited


AC Equivalent Circuit
𝑅𝑜 = 𝑅𝐷

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𝑅𝑖𝑛 =
𝑔𝑚
𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑔𝑠
𝐴𝑣 = = ∗
𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑔𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑛

𝑣𝑜 = −𝑔𝑚 𝑣𝑔𝑠 (𝑅𝐷 //𝑅𝐿 )

𝑣𝑜
= −𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐷 //𝑅𝐿
𝑣𝑔𝑠

𝑣𝑜
Let 𝑅𝐿′ = 𝑅𝐷 //𝑅𝐿 therefore = −𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′
𝑣𝑔𝑠

𝑣𝑖𝑛 = −𝑣𝑔𝑠

𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑔𝑠
𝐴𝑣 = = ∗ = −𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′ −1 = +𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′
𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑔𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑛
𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑔𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑛
𝐺= = ∗ ∗
𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔 𝑣𝑔𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔

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𝑔𝑚
𝑣𝑔𝑠 = −𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔
1
𝑔𝑚 + 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔

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𝑣𝑜 𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′
𝐺= = −𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′ =
𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔 1 1
𝑔𝑚 + 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 𝑔𝑚 + 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔
Common Drain Amplifier
Properties:
 Low output resistance
 Almost unity voltage gain
 Used as the last stage of a multi
stage amplifier system

DC Equivalent Circuit

Find Rin, Rout, Av and G

ID=I
𝑅𝑖𝑛 = 𝑅𝐺

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𝑅𝑜 = 𝑟𝑜 //𝑔
𝑚

Let 𝑅𝐿′ = 𝑟𝑜 //𝑅𝐿

𝑣𝑜 = 𝑔𝑚 𝑣𝑔𝑠 𝑅𝐿′

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𝑔𝑚
𝑣𝑔𝑠 = 𝑣𝑖𝑛
1 ′
+ 𝑅
𝑔𝑚 𝐿

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𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑔𝑠 𝑔𝑚
therefore 𝐴𝑣 = = . = 𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′ 1
𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑔𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑛
𝑔𝑚
+𝑅𝐿′
𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑛
𝐺= = ∗
𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔

𝑅𝐺
𝑣𝑖𝑛 = 𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔
𝑅𝐺 + 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔

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𝑣𝑜 𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐺
𝐺= = 𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′
𝑣𝑠𝑖𝑔 1 ′ 𝑅𝐺 + 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔
+ 𝑅
𝑔𝑚 𝐿

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