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Midband
1
C gs C gd WLCox
2
LOW-FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER
RESPONSE
Input RC Circuit
Output RC Circuit
Bypass RC Circuit
FET Amplifier
+VDD
RD
C2
RSi C1 Vo
RL
RG
Vi C3
RS
Input RC
Output RC
circuit
circuit
Bypass RC
circuit
The cutoff frequencies defined by the input , output
and bypass circuits can be obtained by the following
formulas:
Input RC
circuit
1 where
Input RC circuit f c = RC
2 1C1 RC1=RSi+RG
Output RC
circuit
1 where
Output RC circuit fc =
2RC2 C 2 RC2=RD+RL
Bypass RC
circuit
1 where
Bypass RC circuit fc =
2RC3C 3 RC3=RS // 1/gm
Example
Determine the lower cutoff +VDD
frequency for the FET amplifier. 20V
Given K = 0.4mA/V2, VTN= 1V, = 0
RD
C2
4.7K
C1 Vo
RSi 0.01F 0.5F
10K RL
RG 2.2K
1M RS C3
Vi
2F
1K
Solution
Since fc in bypass RC circuit is the largest of the
three cutoff frequencies, it defines the low cutoff
frequency for the amplifier:
fc = 238.73Hz
HIGH-FREQUENCY
AMPLIFIER RESPONSE
Input RC Circuit
Output RC Circuit
HIGH-FREQUENCY
Cgd
gm
fT =
2(C gs +Cgd )
RSi C1
RL
vi R2
RS C3
High-frequency hybrid- model
with Miller effect
The cutoff frequencies defined by the input and output
circuits can be obtained by first finding the Thevenin
equivalent circuits for each section as shown below:
RTH1 RTH2
Cin Cout
vi vi
1 1
fc = fc =
2RTH1Cin 2RTH2Cout
where RTH1 = RSi||R1||R2 and where RTH2 = RD||RL and
Cout = CMo
Cin = Cgs + CMi
Example
Find the cutoff frequency of the
input and output RC circuit for the
FET amplifier in figure below. +VDD
Given that Cgd=0.1pF, Cgs=1pF, K 10 V
=0.5mA/V2 and VTN=2V, =0.
R1 R
D C 2 v
o
4 k
234 k
RSi C1
10 k 20 k RL
vi R2 166 k
RS C3
0.5 k
Solution