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Common Base Amplifier: Characteristics

The document describes a common base amplifier circuit. It has the following key characteristics: - It has a high voltage gain that is equal to the common emitter amplifier's gain. - It has a current gain of approximately 1. - It has a very low input impedance seen at the emitter, making it suitable for low impedance signal sources. - Its input is coupled into the emitter and output is coupled from the collector to the load resistance. The summary provides the essential information about the common base amplifier circuit characteristics and operation in 3 sentences.

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Common Base Amplifier: Characteristics

The document describes a common base amplifier circuit. It has the following key characteristics: - It has a high voltage gain that is equal to the common emitter amplifier's gain. - It has a current gain of approximately 1. - It has a very low input impedance seen at the emitter, making it suitable for low impedance signal sources. - Its input is coupled into the emitter and output is coupled from the collector to the load resistance. The summary provides the essential information about the common base amplifier circuit characteristics and operation in 3 sentences.

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Common Base Amplifier

VCC

Characteristics:
• High voltage gain R1
Rc C2

C1
• Current gain = 1
• Very low input impedance: RL

R2
– Suitable for interfacing with input Vg
C3
RE
sources having low out impedance
– Used as a current buffer

• The base is ac ground


ic
• Input is coupled into emitter
• Output is coupled from the r’e Rc RL
collector to load resistance
Vg
RE
Common Base Amplifier
Voltage Gain (Av ):
• vin = ve
• vout = vc

• Av = vout /vin = v c / ve

• rc = Rc|| RL
• vc = ic rc
• ve = ie(r’e|| RE)

• Av = ic rc / ie(r’e|| RE)

Since: ie ≈ ic
So: Av = rc /(r’e|| RE) ic

But: r’e<< RE
Therefore: Av = rc /r’e ie r’e Rc RL

vout
• Voltage gain is same as Common Emitter Amplifier’s Vg
vin RE
ve
• Input and output signals are in phase
Common Base Amplifier
Current Gain:
• Ai = iout /iin = ic / ie

Since: ie ≈ ic

So: Ai ≈ 1
ic
Current gain is approximately unity
ic

ie r’e Rc RL

vout
Vg
RE
Common Base Amplifier
Power Gain:
• Ap = Ai Av

Since: Ai ≈ 1
So: Ap ≈ Av

Power gain is approximately equal to


voltage gain
ic

r’e Rc RL

vout
Vg
vin RE
Common Base Amplifier
Input Impedance (Zin ):
• Input impedance is seen into the emitter,
therefore:
• Z in (emitter) = ve / ie
= ie(r’e|| RE) / ie
= r’e|| RE
Since: r’e<< RE
So:
Z in ≈ r’e ic

Input impedance is very low r’e Rc RL

ie vout
Vg
ve RE
Common Base Amplifier
Output Impedance (Zout ):
• Output impedance is seen into the collector by the load (RL)
• Output impedance appears to load (RL) as a parallel
combination of RC and internal ac resistance of collector (r’c)
So: Z out = RC ||r’c
Since: r’c = (h re + 1) /hoe
For 2N3904:
h re = 0.5x 10 -4
hoe = 1µmhos
ic
r’c= 1 MΩ
r’c
Since: RC << r’c
So: Z out ≈ RC r’e Rc RL

Vg
RE
Output impedance is approximately equal to collector
resistance (RC )
Problem
Assignment -3
• Assignment -3 has been uploaded on Intranet.
Submission date is 11/1/2011.

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