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EXPERIMENT NO. 5(d)

FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF CASCODE AMPLIFIER

AIM:

Design a Cascode Amplifier using Tanner Tool and analyze it’s frequency
response.

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain the frequency response of a Cascode Amplifier and understand how it

works.

PROBLEM STATEMENT:

1. After Simulation, if Cascode Amplifier is not working there will be some fault
in circuit then correct that and again simulate and check.
2. If output is not correct, then check the commands, models files which we
are included.
3. Plot the frequency response of the Cascode amplifier and find the output of
amplifier in a frequency range.
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THEORY

CASCODE NMOS Amplifier

The cascode is a two-stage amplifier composed of a transconductance amplifier

followed by a current buffer. Compared to a single amplifier stage, this
combination may have one or more of the following characteristics: higher input-
output isolation, higher input impedance, high output impedance, higher gain or
higher bandwidth. In modern circuits, the cascode is often constructed from
two transistors (BJTs or FETs), with one operating as a common emitter or
common source and the other as a common base or common gate. The cascode
improves input-output isolation (or reverse transmission) as there is no direct
coupling from the output to input. This eliminates the Miller effect and thus
contributes to a much higher bandwidth One possible circuit implementation of a
common-Gate amplifier is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1.

We use graphical analysis to understand the frequency operation of the

common-gate amplifier. In Figure 2 (a) Small signal model of the circuit is given
which is used when
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Figure 2(a)

the circuit is operating on low frequency and at high frequency we have to

consider the hybrid –pi model which is shown in the figure 2(b)

Figure 2(b)

We show typical NMOS transistor characteristics. On the horizontal axis we plot

Vds which is equal to the output voltage Vout. On the vertical axis we plot the DC
drain current Id and vary the DC input bias voltage as a parameter. The MOS
transistor is a square law device with a drain current that depends quadratically
on the gate-source voltage in the constant-current region.
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Plot a graph of the voltage gain or the output voltage with respect to the
frequency and see the result. Basically the frequency response shown in the
figure shows that the as we increase the frequency the effect of capacitance
comes in the picture and the gain or the output voltage changes. At High
frequency we have to consider the hybrid –pi model for the analysis for the
Amplifier. Cascode Amplifier is used in very high frequency of video application.
The plot is significantly showing the same concept.

OUTPUT RESULT:

SELF ASSESMENT QUESTION:

1) Design and analysis of Cascode amplifier with diode connected and attach
its output.
2) Build Cascode amplifier with PMOS current load and attach its output
waveform?