ECE 2203L Midterm CO3 Assessment

March 2021

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Part I: (10 Pts)

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1. In a frequency response of a BJT/FET amplifier, this is the point in the magnitude

response of the amplifier wherein the amplitude response drops by about 70%.

a. 0 dB c. 6 dB
b. 20 dB d. 3 dB
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2. If an amplifier has a midband gain of 40 dB, the low and high break or cut-off
frequencies occur at

a. 37 dB c. 20 dB
b. 43 dB d. 6 dB
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3. If and amplifier has midband voltage gain of 100, in dB this is equivalent to

a. 10 dB c. 30 dB
b. 20 dB d.  dB
 4. In the high frequency analysis of a common emitter amplifier, a theorem is often
employed so that impedance connecting between the input and output nodes of the
amplifier are reflected as impedance with respect to the ground appearing at the input and
output of the amplifier.
a. Thevenin’s Theorem c Miller’s Theorem
b. Norton’s Theorem d. Millman’s Theorem

5. When determining the low and high cut-off frequencies of an amplifier, the equivalent
circuit often simplifies to an RC network with the capacitive reactance which
result to a cut-off frequency expressed as

= __________________________

Part II: (30 Pts)

Consider the given circuit show below.

(10 Pts) 1. Using the hybrid-pi or re-model of BJT, sketch the mid-band frequency small-signal
equivalent circuit of the given amplifier.

Answer:
(10 Pts) 2. At mid-band frequency, solve the voltage gain and ( ) .

Answer:

(10 Pts) 3. Using LTSpice, build the given circuit and include in the schematic the following
spice directive:

.model 2N3904 NPN(IS=1E-14 VAF=100 Bf=300 IKF=0.4 XTB=1.5 BR=4 CJC=4E-12

+CJE=8E-12 RB=20 RC=0.1 RE=0.1 TR=250E-9 TF=350E-12 ITF=1 VTF=2 XTF=3 Vceo=40
+Icrating=200m mfg=NXP)

.ac dec 1000 0.1Hz 1GHz

Plot the frequency response of the amplifier by probing Vout and determine the 3-dB
low frequency cut-off, and the 3-dB high frequency cut-off .