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Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering

LABORATORY REPORT on
Activity No. 2

Common Source Amplifier with

Resistive Load and Source
Degeneration
In partial fulfillment for the course
ECE 126 (Introduction to Analog IC Design)

Submitted by:
TOLEDO, John Xavier P.

Submitted to:
Prof. Allenn C. Lowaton
October 2015

PROCEDURES
a. Following the circuit in figure 4.1, simulate the

V V out

DC transfer curve

as it was obtained in figure 4.2 and the frequency response as in figure 4.3.

V dc =0.4 V
V outdc =1.8 V

V dc =0.87 V
V outdc =1.0 V
V dc =1.52 V
V outdc =0.2 V

Figure 1.a. DC Analysis of the Common Source Amplifier with Resistive Load and
Aspect Ratio = 0.6/0.18
This graph shows the DC gain curve of the configuration such that the
output voltage can be obtained using the values of input voltage at the horizontal
axis of the graph

V (dc) =0.4 V ; V out(dc)=1.8 V

V (dc) =0.87 V ;V out(dc)=1.0 V
V (dc) =1.52V ; V out (dc) =0.2V

Figure 1.b. AC Analysis of the Common Source Amplifier with Resistive Load and
Aspect Ratio = 0.6/0.18 for different values of Vin.

This graph shows the AC analyses of the same configuration with different
values of Vin(dc) given by the test point at the DC gain curve above. It means that a
higher DC gain can be obtain at the point of inflection of the DC gain curve.
b. Change the value of R in figure 4.1 and simulate the following waveforms of
figure 4.4, then list the results as table 4.1 and compare them with hand
calculations results.

V (dc) =0.7 V ; R=10 k

V (dc) =0.9 V ; R=5 k
V (dc) =0.5 V ; R=20 k

Figure 2.a. AC Analysis of the Common Source Amplifier with Resistive Load and
Aspect Ratio = 0.6/0.18
For different values of Vin and Rd.
Common Source Amplifier with Resistive Load

Rs

V (dc)

A(dB)

3dB(Hz)

5k

0.9 V

3.19

5.55 MHz

10k

0.7 V

7.61

3.75 MHz

20k

0.5 V

3.65

1.57 MHz

Table 1. Data Gathered for Common Source Amplifier with Resistive Load.
Observing the graph above, the configuration was analyzed by varying the
input DC voltage and the value of the load resistor or Rd. After each variation of the
parameters, the graph was analyzed by locating certain points at the stable
maximum voltage gain and at the -3dB point of the AC curve.

c. Following the circuit of figure 4.5, simulate

V V out

DC transfer curve as in

figure 4.6 and the frequency response as in figure 4.7.

V dc =0.53 V ;
V dc =0.88 V ;

V dc =1.26 V ;

Figure 3.a. DC Analysis or the DC gain curve of the Common Source Amplifier with
Source Degeneration and Aspect Ratio = 0.6/0.18.

3 dB point

Figure 3.b. AC Analysis of the Common Source Amplifier with Source Degeneration
and Aspect Ratio = 0.6/0.18.
At figure 3.a, the DC gain curve of the Common Source Amplifier with
Source Degeneration was obtained and obtaining certain points of concern.
At figure 3.b, the AC gain curve was obtained and also locating the -3dB point

of the curve which is the critical point in a bode plot or frequency spectrum
analysis. This point will pinpoint the bandwidth frequency of the graph.

d. Change the value of

Rs

in figure 4.5 and simulate the resulting waveforms

of figure 4.8; list the results as in table 4.2. Then, compare them with the
hand calculation results.

Figure 4.a. AC Analysis of the Common Source Amplifier with Source Degeneration
and Aspect Ratio = 0.6/0.18 for different values of Rs.

Common Source Amplifier with Source Degeneration

Rs

A (dB)

-3dB (Hz)

1k

0.8 V

6.05

4.48 MHz

2k

0.9 V

4.48

3.62 MHz

3k

1.0 V

3.06

2.96 MHz

Table 2. Data Gathered on different values of Rs.

At figure 4.a, it obtained three AC curves for each having different values of
Rs and Vin. By pinpointing the voltage gain and -3dB point of each graph, the
bandwidth frequencies of the curves are obtained.

Rs

e. Change the value of

in figure 4.5 and simulate the waveforms of figure

4.10 to observe the relationship between

I ds and

V .

Rs =0
Rs =0 .5 k
Rs =1 k
Rs =1.5 k

Figure 5.a.

I dsV

characteristic curve with different values of Rs with aspect

ratio of 0.6/0.18.
The graph shows the relationship between Ids and Vin. By observing the
graph above, it shows that increasing the value of source resistance will lead to the
decrease of the value of drain current significantly.
f.

Following the amplifier configuration of figure 4.11, the input signal is an ideal
sinusoidal wave with 0.05V amplitude, and the frequency is 100kHz. Perform
the FFT analysis to

to get the frequency spectrum like figure 4.12.

-24.90
dB

-80.4 dB

-80.10
dB

-85.10

-114.0
dB

-119.0
dB

-113.0
dB

Figure 6.a. FFT analysis of Source Degeneration with Rs= 500.

g. Perform the FFT analysis to
the value of

Rs

V out

in the circuit of figure 4.11 while changing

to get the frequency spectrum like figure 4.13-16. List the

results of figure 4.13-16 like table 4.3.

Figure 7.a. FFT analysis of Source Degeneration with Rs= 500.

Figure 7.b. FFT analysis of Source Degeneration with Rs= 1k.

Figure 7.c. FFT analysis of Source Degeneration with Rs= 1.5k.

QUESTIONS
a. How to increase the gain of the common source amplifier with resistive
load? Explain what changes will occur to the circuit characteristics
when we use those methods.
Based on the formula for the gain of a common-source amplifier,
Av

gm R D
1+g m R

It is clear that increasing the gain of a CS amplifier would mean an

increase the value of Rd. If we increase the value of R d it will also make
it more linear and have fewer occurrences in the saturation region.
b. Replace

Rs

in figure 4.11 by a diode-connected NMOS. Using the steps we

followed before, what is the DC gain of this circuit?

A=6.95

A=0.36

A=-3.75

By changing the Rs with a diode-connected NMOS, the DC gain curve is

improved. It means that the output voltage is increased compared to the
output voltage in typical source resistor relative to the same input voltage for
both.

c. Using the configuration of question 2, perform the FFT analysis of

V out

and

to get the frequency spectrum of the waves. What happens to this

circuit linearity? Is there any difference with figure 4.11.

Observing the graph, the second and the third harmonics of the graph
is equal to -81.9 dB and -80.3 dB. Since the two values are approximately close to
each other, it means that the circuit linearity is good compare to the graph of figure
4. 11 in which the second and third harmonics are distant to each other.