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EE 430

Analysis and Design of


Electronic Circuits
Week 11: 3/29-4/2
Instructor: Hakan Töreyin

Spring 2021
Finding fH of a Common-Emitter IC Amplifier:
Open-Circuit Time Constant (pg. 728-731)
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𝑓𝐻 ≈ ′
2𝜋 𝐶𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 + 𝐶𝜇 𝑅𝐿′

𝐶𝑖𝑛 = 𝐶𝜋 + 𝐶𝜇 1 + 𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′

𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 = 𝑟𝜋 // 𝑟𝑥 + 𝑅𝐵 //𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔
Finding fH of a Common-Gate IC Amplifier: Open-
Circuit Time Constant: Solution shown in the
lecture

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𝑓𝐻 ≈
1 𝑅
2𝜋 𝐶𝑔𝑠 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 // + 𝐿 + 𝐶𝑔𝑑 + 𝐶𝐿 𝑅𝐿 // 1 + 𝑔𝑚 𝑟𝑜 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔
𝑔𝑚 𝑔𝑚 𝑟𝑜

𝜏1 𝜏2
Finding fH of a Cascode IC Amplifier: Open-
Circuit Time Constant Remember for a CS
Assuming ideal
current source
biasing

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𝑓𝐻 ≈
2𝜋 𝐶𝑔𝑑 1 + 𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿′ + 𝐶𝑔𝑠 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔

+ 𝑅𝐿′ 𝐶𝐿 + 𝐶𝑔𝑑

𝑓𝐻 ≈
1
1 𝑅𝐿 1 𝑅𝐿
2𝜋 𝐶𝑔𝑑1 1 + 𝑔𝑚 𝑟𝑜1 // + + 𝐶𝑔𝑠1 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 + 𝐶𝑔𝑑1 + 𝐶𝑔𝑠2 𝑟𝑜1 // + + 𝑅𝐿 //𝑔𝑚2 𝑟𝑜1 𝑟𝑜2 𝐶𝐿 + 𝐶𝑔𝑑2
𝑔𝑚2 𝑔𝑚2 𝑟𝑜2 𝑔𝑚2 𝑔𝑚2 𝑟𝑜2
Cascode vs CS IC Amplifier
Finding fH of a Common-Drain IC Amplifier:
Open-Circuit Time Constant

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𝑓𝐻 ≈
1
2𝜋 𝐶𝑔𝑑 𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 + 𝐶𝐿 //𝑅𝐿 //𝑟0 + 𝐶𝑔𝑠 𝑅𝑐𝑔𝑠
𝑔𝑚
𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑔 + 𝑅𝐿 //𝑟𝑜
𝑅𝑐𝑔𝑠 =
𝜏𝐶𝑔𝑑 𝜏𝐶𝐿 𝜏𝐶𝑔𝑠 1 + 𝑔𝑚 𝑅𝐿 //𝑟𝑜
Finding fH of a Common-Drain IC Amplifier: Open-
Circuit Time Constant: What is the frequency of
the zero?

𝑔𝑚 𝑉𝑔𝑠
𝑔𝑚 𝑉𝑔𝑠
0 = −𝑉𝑔𝑠
𝑠𝑧 𝐶𝑔𝑠
𝑔𝑚 𝑉𝑔𝑠 𝑔𝑚
𝑉𝑜 = 0 𝑉 ⇒ 𝑠𝑧 = 2𝜋𝑓𝑧 =
𝐶𝑔𝑠
𝑔𝑚
0 0 ⇒ 𝑓𝑧 =
2𝜋𝐶𝑔𝑠
Frequency Response of an IC Differential
Amplifier
Differential Amplifier

Differential-Mode Common-Mode
Half-Circuit Half-Circuit
Frequency Response of an IC Differential
Amplifier: CMRR
P. 10.85
From Week 5: Useful Transistor Pairings:
CC-CE, CD-CS, CD-CE

− 𝑅𝑖𝑛 = 𝑟𝜋 + 𝑟𝑒 𝛽 + 1 - 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ - 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ


- 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ - 𝐿𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑔𝑚2
Bandwidth Improvement of CC-CE over CE
(pg. 781-785)

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