Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Applied Electronics II (ECEG-2133)
Assignment #1
April 2017

1. For the feedback amplifiers shown below find the topology, the corresponding gain with
feedback and the input and output resistance with feedback.
Vdd

RC

RS

VO
+
VS −
RE

Figure 1: Where RC = 4.7kΩ, RE = 100Ω, RS = 1.1kΩ, hf e = 50, hie = 1.1kΩ

Vdd

RD
RG
VO

RS

VS + RM
−

Figure 2: Where RD = 10kΩ, RG = 200kΩ, RS = 10kΩ, RM = 1M Ω, gm = 2.5mA/V ,

ro = 40kΩ

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 Vdd Vdd

R2 R3

Vout
R1
Vin
R4

R6 R5

Figure 3: Where R1 = 1kΩ, R2 = 100kΩ, R3 = 10kΩ, R4 = 1kΩ, R5 = 1kΩ, R6 = 100Ω,

gm = 1mA/V , ro = ∞

Vdd
R4

R3 Vout

Vin

R1
R2

Figure 4: Where R1 = 100Ω, R2 = 1kΩ, R3 = 20kΩ, R4 = 10kΩ, hf e = 100, hie = 2.5kΩ,

ro = ∞
0
2. For the PMOS differential amplifier shown in Figure 5 let Vtp = −0.8V and kp W/L =
4mA/V 2 . Neglect channel-length modulation.

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 2.5 V

0.5mA

vS

vG1 Q1 Q2 vG2

vD1 vD2

4 k ohm 4 k ohm

-2.5 V
Figure 5

(a) For vG1 = vG2 = 0V , |VOV | and VSG for each of Q1 and Q2 . Also find VS , VD1 , and
VD2 .
(b) If the current source requires a minimum voltage of 0.4 V, find the input common-
mode range.
0
3. For the differential amplifier shown in Figure 5, let Q1 and Q2 have kp W/L = 4mA/V 2 ,
and assume that the bias current source has an output resistance of 30kΩ. Find |VOV |,
gm , |Ad |, |Acm |, and the CMRR(in dB) obtained with the output taken differentially. The
drain resistances are known to have a mismatch of 2%.

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