Devices and Circuits Ii: Lecture Goals
Devices and Circuits Ii: Lecture Goals
Devices and Circuits Ii: Lecture Goals
EE 332
Understanding of concepts related to: AC-Coupled Multi-Stage Amplifier AC-Coupled Multi-Stage Amplifier/Gain AC-Coupled Multi-Stage Amplifier/Current Gain
ACCOUPLEDMULTISTAGEAMPLIFIER /INTRODUCTION
Couplingcapacitorsdecouplethecircuitinto3stages
VCC R1 vi C1 R2 RE1 RC1 Q1 R3 Q2 C2 CE1 R4 RE2 C3 RL vo
vi R2 C1
ACCOUPLEDMULTISTAGEAMPLIFIER /EXAMPLEANDGAIN
Analyzethegivenmultistageamplifier
VCC R1 RC1 Q1 RE1 C2 CE1 R4 RE2 R3 Q2 C3 RL
Given:
R1 = 160 k , R2 = 43 k , RC 1 = 4.7 k , RE 1 = 1.6 k , R3 = 91k , R4 = 120 k , RL = 2.5 k , C 1 = C E 1 = C 2 = C 3 = 10 F ,
CEamplifier CCamplifier(voltagefollower)
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AssumingBJToperatinginforwardactivemode, TheveninizingLHScircuit
VEQ = VCC
vo
RC
R2 = 3.18V R1 + R2
REQ = ( R1 / / R2 ) = 33.89k
Solvetheloop
VEQ = I E 1 RE 1 + VBE ,ON + I B1 REQ I E 1 = ( + 1) I B1 I B1 = VEQ VBE ,ON REQ + ( + 1) RE 1 = 2.48 = 16.82 A 33.89k + 71 1.6k
RC vo
SolveRHSloop
V RC 1 = RC 1 I C 1 = 5.53V V RE 1 = R E 1 I E 1 = 1.91V VCE 1 = VCC V RC 1 V RE 1 = 7.56V
gm 1
70 = 1.48k 47.2mS
SinceVCE=7.56>VCE,sat=0.1V TheBJToperatesinForwardActiveregion
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R4 = 8.53V R3 + R4
7.83 = 37.6 A 51.75k + 71 2.2k
REQ 2 = ( R3 / / R4 ) = 51.75k
VEQ 2 VBE ,ON REQ + ( + 1) RE 2 =
RC vo
ACCOUPLEDMULTISTAGEAMPLIFIER /SMALLSIGNALEQUIVALENTCIRCUIT
Step3:SmallSignalEquivalentCircuit
B1 vi R1//R2 vbe1 gmvbe1 r 1 E1 RE2 ro1 RC1 R3//R4 vbe2 C1 B2 gmvbe2 r2 E2 RL vo ro2 C2
gm 2
70 = 665 105mS
Stage1:CEamplifier Stage2:CCamplifier
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ACCOUPLEDMULTISTAGEAMPLIFIER /VOLTAGEGAIN
B1 vi R1//R2 vbe1 gmvbe1 r 1 E1 RE2 ro1 RC1 R3//R4 vbe2 C1 B2 gmvbe2 r2 E2 RL vo ro2 C2
vi
ACCOUPLEDMULTISTAGEAMPLIFIER /VOLTAGEGAIN
B1 gmvbe1 R1//R2 vbe1 r1 E1 RE2 ro1 RC1 R3//R4 vbe2 C1 B2 gmvbe2 r2 E2 RL vo ro2 C2
Voltagegain
Av = v o v be 1 v c 1 v b 2 v o = vi v i v be 1 v c 1 v b 2
Voltagegain
Av = v o v be 1 v c 1 v b 2 v o = vi v i v be 1 v c 1 v b 2
v c 1 = g m 1 v be 1 [ RC 1 / / ro1 / / R3 / / R4 / / rb 2 ]
Calculateonetermatatime:
vb 2 =1 vc1
ACCOUPLEDMULTISTAGEAMPLIFIER /CURRENTGAIN
B1 vi R1//R2 vbe1 gmvbe1 r 1 E1 RE2 ro1 RC1 R3//R4 vbe2 C1 B2 gmvbe2 r 2 E2 RL vo ro2 C2
ACCOUPLEDMULTISTAGEAMPLIFIER /CURRENTGAIN
B1 vi R1//R2 vbe1 gmvbe1 r1 E1 RE2 ro1 RC1 R3//R4 vbe2 C1 B2 gmvbe2 r2 E2 RL vo ro2 C2
Ai = Av
Ri RL
R L 1 = R3 / / R4 / / rb 2
Ai = Av
Ri RL
1st stage:
R Ai 1 = Av 1 i 1 RL1 Av 1 = v c 1 v be 1 v c 1 = = 181.72 vi v i v be 1
2ndstage:
Ai 2 = Av 2 Av 2 = Ri 2 RL 2
vo v v = b 2 o = 0.99 v c 1 v c 1 bb 2
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