Common Base Amplifier: Characteristics
Common Base Amplifier: Characteristics
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
• 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
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
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.