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MIDBAND ANALYSIS OF SMALL SIGNAL AMPLIFIERS

PART –A (2 MARK QUESTIONS)1. Define CMRR. (NOV/DEC 2009) (NOV/DEC 2010)

The common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) of a differential amplifier (or other device) is the

tendency of the device to reject the input signals common to both input leads.

2. Draw the small signal equivalent circuit of FET(NOV/DEC 2009)

3. Define Miller's theorem. (APR/MAY 2010)

The Miller theorem refers to the process of creating equivalent circuits. It asserts that a floating

impedance element, supplied by two voltage sources connected in series, may be split into two

grounded elements with corresponding impedances. There is also a dual Miller theorem with

regards to impedance supplied by two current sources connected in parallel. The two versions

are based on the two Kirchhoff's circuit laws.

4. What is the coupling schemes used in multistage amplifiers? (APR/MAY 2010).

1. Direct Coupling 2. RC Coupling3. Impedance Coupling4. Transformer Coupling

5. Draw a Darlington amplifier with Boots trap arrangement. (NOV/DEC 2010)

6. Why are common emitter amplifiers more popular? (NOV/DEC 2011)

The CE amplifier is preferred in most of the applications because of the following reasons:

1. Medium input impedance2. High voltage gain

7. Determine the output voltage of a differential amplifier for the input voltages of 300 V and 240V. The differential gain of the amplifier is 5000 and the value of the CMRR is 100. (NOV/DEC 2011)

Vo= 5000(300-240)

8. What is an amplifier? How are amplifiers classified according to the input?

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.An amplifier is a circuit which produces output voltage proportional to the input voltage. It is an

electronic device that increases the power of a signal. It does this by taking energy from a

power supply and controlling the output to match the input signal shape but with a larger

amplitude. In this sense, an amplifier modulates the output of the power supply. These are

classified based on their inputs as

i) Current amplifierii) Voltage amplifieriii) Trans conductance amplifieriv) Transresistance amplifier

9. How are amplifiers classified according to the transistor configuration?

The amplifiers are classified based on their transistor configuration as

i) Common Base transistor amplifierii) Common Emitter transistor amplifieriii) Common Collector transistor amplifier

10. What is the different analysis available to analyze a transistor?

The transistor can be analyzed in the following three different ways

i) Small signal analysisii) Large signal analysisiii) Mid band analysis

11. How can a DC&AC equivalent circuit of an amplifier be obtained?

12. What is small signal amplifier?

It amplifies a small signal. It usually has a very high input impedance, to avoid affecting the

source signal.

13. Draw the small signal equivalent model or h-parameter model of a transistor.

14. What are the advantages of h-parameter equivalent circuit?h – parameters are real numbers up to radio frequencies .

1. They are easy to measure2. They can be determined from the transistor static characteristics curves.3. They are convenient to use in circuit analysis and design.4. Easily convert able from one configuration to other.5. Readily supplied by manufactories.

15. Tabulate the h-parameters for all the 3 configurations.

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16. What are the steps involved in mid band analysis of single stage amplifiers?

1. Finding the AC equivalent circuit2. Drawing the DC load line3. Drawing the Ac load line4. Frequency analysis

17. What is the need to go for simplified hybrid model?

The equivalent circuit of a transistor can be drawn using simple approximation by retaining its essential features. These equivalent circuits will aid in analyzing transistor circuits easily and rapidly.

18. What are the techniques available to improve the input impedances?

Bootstrapping is intended to increase the impedance, by using a small amount of positive

feedback.

19. What does bootstrapping means? Why bootstrap technique is called so?

A bootstrap circuit is one where part of the output of an amplifier stage is applied to the input, so as to alter the input impedance of the amplifier.Because the feedback is positive, such circuits can suffer from poor stability and noise performance compared to ones that don't bootstrap.

20. Write short notes on base width modulation?

The decrease in effective base width Wb with increasing reverse bias is known as base width modulation .The consequences:

1. There is less chance for recombination within the base region.2. The concentration gradient of minority carriers is increased within the base, and

consequently, the current of minority carriers injected across the Emitter Junction increases, with increasing reverse Collector Voltage.

3. For extremely large Voltages, Wb may be reduced to Zero causing Voltage break down. The lowering of Emitter Junction Voltage causes an excessively large Emitter current, thus placing an upper limit on the magnitude of the Collector Voltage

21. What is the need for differential amplifier?

A differential amplifier will amplify the difference between 2 signals. This is useful in control systems, where one signal can represent what is actually happening (could be a position or speed, for example). The other signal can represent what is desired.

22. Mention the advantages which are specific to Darlington connection.

The major advantage of a Darlington connection is high gain, typically ranging from over 100 to 1000. The forward voltage drop from the base to the emitter of the Darlington is approximately two times the forward voltage drop of a single transistor. It is a beta multiplier therefore it has higher emitter current capability.

23. What are the advantages of differential amplifier?

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.A differential amplifier helps to increase the CMRR which in turn helps to avoid unwanted signals that couple into the input to get propagated. IT also helps to increase the signal to noise ratio. Furthermore it provides larger output voltage swings.

24. Define multistage amplifier.

Additional amplification can be required to provide a signal having some specified level. The first stage can be designed for input impedance, the last for output impedance, and one or more intermediate stages for voltage gain. if a single stage of amplification will provide a maximum gain of 100 and the desired gain from the device is 1000, two stages of amplification will be required. The two stages might have gains of 10 and 100, 20 and 50, or 25 and 40. (The overall gain is the product of the individual stages-10 X 100 = 20 X 50 = 25 X 40 = 1000.)

25. Write down the characteristics of CE&CC amplifier.

CE amplifier characteristics:Large voltage and current gainInput resistance is moderately largeOutput resistance is fairly large.

CC amplifier characteristics:

26. State advantages and disadvantages of RC coupled amplifier.

1. Any signal in Audio frequency range can be amplified.2. It provides faithful amplification of input signal.3. Simple circuit diagram4. By using the transistor BC107 it provides an amplification factor of nearly 50.

DISADVANTAGES OF RC COUPLED AMPLIFIER

1. Bjt Amplifier will oscillates on higher frequency range such as radio frequencies. 2. Band width is comparably narrow than JFET amplifier

27. Write down the applications of directly coupled amplifier?

Direct-coupled amplifiers are used in TV receivers, computers, regulator circuits and other electronic instruments. It also forms a building block for differential amplifiers and operational amplifiers.

28. Draw the small signal equivalent circuit of FET(NOV/DEC ’12)

29. State Bisection theorem. (NOV/DEC ’12)

The theorem shows that any symmetrical two-port network can be transformed into a lattice network. The theorem often appears in filter theory where the lattice network is sometimes known as a filter X-section following the common filter theory practice of naming sections after alphabetic letters to which they bear a resemblance. The theorem required the two halves of the network to be topologically symmetrical.

PART- B (16 MARK QUESTIONS

1. For the CC transistor amplifier circuit, find the expressions for input impedance and voltage gain. Assume suitable model for transistor. (NOV/DEC 2009)

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.Common Collector Amplifier:

If a high impedance source is connected to low impedance amplifier then most of the signal is dropped across the internal impedance of the source. To avoid this problem common collector amplifier is used in between source and CE amplifier. It increases the input impedance of the CE amplifier without significant change in input voltage.

The figure below shows a common collector (CC) amplifier. Since there is no resistance in collector circuit, therefore collector is ac grounded. It is also called grounded collector amplifier. When input source drives the base, output appears across emitter resistor. A CC amplifier is like a heavily swamped CE amplifier with a collector resistor shorted and output taken across emitter resistor.

vout = vin - vBE

Therefore, this circuit is also called emitter follower, because VBE is very small. As vin increases, vout increases.

If vin is 2V, vout = 1.3V

If vin is 3V, vout = 2.3V.

Since vout follows exactly the vin therefore, there is no phase inversion between input and output.

The output circuit voltage equation is given by

VCE = VCC – IE RE

Since IE » IC

\ IC = (VCC – VCE ) / RE

This is the equation of dc load line. The dc load line is shown in the diagram.

Voltage gain:

Fig. 2, shows an emitter follower driven by a small ac voltage. The input is applied at the base of transistor and output

is taken across the emitter resistor. Fig. 3, shows the ac equivalent circuit of the amplifier. The emitter is replaced by ac

resistance r'e.

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

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The ac output voltage is given by

vout = RE ie

and, vin = ie (RE + r'e )

Therefore, A = RE / ( RE +r'e )

Since r'e << RE

\ A » 1.

Therefore, it is a unity gain amplifier. Fig. 4

The input impedance at the base is given by

The total input impedance of an emitter follower includes biasing resistors in parallel with input impedance of the base.

zin = R1 || R2|| b (r'e + RE)

Since b RE is very large as compared to R1 and R2.

Thus, zin ≈ R1 || R2

Therefore input impedance is very high.

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2. Discuss the working of a basic emitter coupled differential amplifier circuit. (NOV/DEC

2009) (APR/MAY 2010)

A simple circuit able to amplify small signals applied between its two inputs, yet reject noise

signals common to both inputs. This circuit has a unique topology: two inputs and two outputs.

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.it improves Common-Mode Rejection (CMR), an essential function when the common-mode

signal is a noise source or DC bias from a previous stage.

GAIN AND REJECTION

The bias condition assumes equal voltages at VB1 and VB2, forcing the bias current IE (set by RE) to split equally between the transistors resulting in IC1 = IC2. With RC1 = RC2, equal voltages develop at VC1 and VC2.

DIFFERENTIAL GAIN

Now suppose a differential signal is applied to the inputs. This will incrementally increase and decrease the base voltages to

VB1 + ΔV and VB2 - ΔV

Because Q1 conducts a little more and Q2 a little less, IE now splits unevenly creating

IC1 > IC2

This, in turn, forces the voltage at VC1 to decrease and VC2 to increase. The result: a voltage change at each output due to a differential input.

COMMON-MODE REJECTION

Now a common-mode input signal is applied,incrementally increase both inputs to

VB1 + ΔV and VB2 + ΔV

Because the conduction level of neither transistors has changed (both bases and emitters moved by the same amount), the collector currents did not change.

IC1 = IC2 ≈ IE / 2.

Subsequently, the voltages at VC1 and VC2 remain the same. Therefore, the circuit has rejected a signal common to both inputs.

Well, the last statement is almost true. Actually, a change in emitter voltage had a small ill effect. It changed the bias current IE set by RE. And this directly impacted IC1 = IC2 ≈ IE / 2, slightly shifting the levels at VC1, VC2. As you can see the rejection is not perfect. However, it can still be effective at removing a large part of noise or a DC bias common to both inputs.

DIFFERENTIAL GAIN

How do we calculate the differential voltage gain? You can think of Q1 and Q2 as current sources controlled by their base voltages. RC1 and RC2 then convert the currents back into voltages. First, the small signal collector current

iC = gm ∙ vB

where the transconductance gm (A / V) is set by the DC collector current gm = Ic / VT = Ic / 25 mV at room temperature. Then, RC transforms ic back to a voltage

vC = RC ∙ gm ∙ vB

Getting the input VS into the picture, notice it divides equally across each base-emitter junction, but with opposite polarities. Putting it all together you get a single-ended output for each transistor

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.vC1 = RC1 ∙ gm ∙+VS / 2

vC2 = RC2 ∙ gm ∙ -VS / 2

Subtracting the two outputs vC1 - vC2 = RC ∙ gm ∙ VS

3. (i)Derive the expressions for the following of a small signal transistor

amplifier in terms of the h-parameters

(1) current gain

(2) voltage gain

(3) input impedance

(4) output admittance. (APR/MAY 2010)

Consider the two-port network of CE amplifier. RS is the source resistance and ZL is the load impedence h-parameters are assumed to be constant over the operating range. The ac equivalent circuit is shown in fig. 2. (Phasor notations are used assuming sinusoidal voltage input). The quantities of interest are the current gain, input impedence, voltage gain, and output impedence.

Current gain:

For the transistor amplifier stage, Ai is defined as the ratio of output to input currents.

Input Impedence:

The impedence looking into the amplifier input terminals ( 1,1' ) is the input impedence Zi

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Voltage gain:

The ratio of output voltage to input voltage gives the gain of the transistors.

Output Admittance: It is defined as

(ii) Compare CB, CE and CC amplifiers. (4) (APR/MAY 2010) (NOV/DEC 2009) (NOV/DEC

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4. Explain the AC and DC coupling of multistage amplifiers.

There is a limit to how much gain can be achieved from a single stage amplifier. Single stage amplifiers also have limits on input and output impedance. Multistage amplifiers are used to achieve higher gain and to provide better control of input and output impedances.Twosignificant advantages that multistage amplifiers haveover single stage amplifiers are flexibility in input and output impedance and much higher gain.Multistage amplifiers can be divided into two general classes, open -loop and negative feedback. Open-loop amplifiers are easy to understand and design but are sensitive to environment and component variations. Negative feedback amplifiers are a bit more difficult to understand but have the advantage of being much less sensitive to environment and component variations.

For many amplifier applications it is desirable for the input impedance to be very high.Thus, it is common for the first amplifier stage to be either a common-collector (a.k.a.emitter follower) bipolar junction transistor stage or a common-drain (a.k.a. sourcefollower) or even common-source field effect transistor stage. Sometimes high inputimpedance is not important and the first stage may be a common -emitter.Field effect transistors are normally used only for the input stage and for the specific application of very high input impedance.It is also common situation that it is desirable for the output impedance of an amplifier to be low. A common-collector circuit is typically used.But in some cases there is no need for very low output impedance and the last stage may be a common-emitter.For the amplifier stages in-between it is common to employ common-emitter circuits because those can achieve high voltage gain.Analysis of multistage amplifiers is performed stage at a time starting with the input stage and progressing to the output stage. The analysis methods are identical to that of single stage amplifiers. One point of confusion for students analyzing direct coupled amplifiers is that the collector resistor for one stage becomes the base resistor for the next stage. In stages involving common -collector amplifiers some modified approaches, including some simplifying approximations, are necessary because characteristics of common-collector stages are dependent on external impedances. The student should not be afraid of approximations since that is routinely done all the time in the profession. An advantage of closed loop amplifiers is that approximation errors are greatly reduced.The design of multistage amplifiers begins at the output and progresses backwards to the input. Initially the number of stages is not known. The design progresses with additional stages until the requirements are met. It is common for there to be a lot of iteration in the design and the number of stages might vary with each iteration.

AC coupling:

The simplest method to construct a multistage amplifier is to cascade several single stage amplifiers with their usual AC coupling. AC coupling blocks DC paths and makes the bias design or analysis of each stage simple. The use of AC coupling requires a lot of capacitors and resistors that could be eliminated with innovative design. The key to this is to arrange for the quiescent voltage at the output of one stage to be the same as the desired quiescent voltage at the input of the next stage. Then the AC coupling capacitor and associated bias resistors are not needed. The bias resistors and thus reduce the gain of the amplifier. An amplifier designed without these can achieve higher gain and with much fewer parts

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DC Coupling

Direct coupled amplifiers are a challenge for the designer as the bias analysis and design calculations are more complicated.It is important to design the amplifier such that the DC gain is low. Depending on the desired bandwidth and how much noise can be tolerated in the output the practical limit of gain may range from less than a thousand to many millions. Typical amplifiers in the audio frequency range that operate on microphone or phonograph pickups have voltage gains in the one thousand range as that is what is needed. The total voltage gain from microphone to a several hundred watt speaker system in an auditorium can be in the 50,000 range. The power gain might be in the 120 dB range. Amplifiers can be either open-loop (no feedback from output to input) or closed-loop (some of the amplifier output is fed back to the input). The closed loop utilizes negative feedback to reduce undesirable characteristics of the amplifier . Closed loop amplifiers can achieve a very specific and stable gain with varying temperature and transistor characteristics as well as much lower distortion.

Many of the challenging bias problems for multistage amplifiers are eliminated with negative feedback. The mathematics is more complicated.

5. Draw the circuit of a common source FET amplifier & explain its operation (16)

Common Source JFET AmplifierSmall signal amplifiers can also be made using Field Effect Transistors or FET's . These devices have the advantage over bipolar transistors of having extremely high input impedance along with a low noise output making them ideal for use in amplifier circuits that have very small input signals. The design of an amplifier circuit based around a junction field effect transistor or "JFET", (n-channel FET) or even a metal oxide silicon FET or "MOSFET" is exactly the same principle as that for the bipolar transistor circuit. Firstly, a suitable quiescent point or "Q-point" needs to be found for the correct biasing of the JFET amplifier circuit with single amplifier configurations of Common-source (CS), Common-drain (CD) or Source-follower (SF) and the Common-gate (CG) available for most FET devices. These three JFET

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.amplifier configurations correspond to the common-emitter, emitter-follower and the common-base configurations using bipolar transistors. The Common Source JFET Amplifier as this is the most widely used JFET amplifier design. The common source JFET amplifier circuit is shown below.gate with a sinusoidal signal. Any suitable pair of resistor values in the correct proportions would produce the correct biasing voltage so the DC gate biasing voltage Vg is given as:

The input signal, (Vin) of the common source JFET amplifier is applied between the Gate terminal and the zero volts rail, (0v). With a constant value of gate voltage Vg applied the JFET operates within its "Ohmic region" acting like a linear resistive device. The drain circuit contains the load resistor, Rd. The output voltage, Vout is developed across this load resistance. The efficiency of the common source JFET amplifier can be improved by the addition of a resistor, Rs included in the source lead with the same drain current flowing through this resistor. Resistor, Rs is also used to set the JFET amplifiers "Q-point".

When the JFET is switched fully "ON" a voltage drop equal to Rs x Id is developed across this resistor raising the potential of the source terminal above 0v or ground level. This voltage drop across Rs due to the drain current provides the necessary reverse biasing condition across the gate resistor, R2 effectively generating negative feedback. In order to keep the gate-source junction reverse biased, the source voltage, Vs needs to be higher than the gate voltage, Vg. This source voltage is therefore given as:

Then the Drain current, Id is also equal to the Source current, Is as "No Current" enters the Gate terminal and this can be given as:

This potential divider biasing circuit improves the stability of the common source JFET amplifier circuit when being fed from a single DC supply compared to that of a fixed voltage biasing circuit. Both resistor, Rs and the source by-pass capacitor, Cs serve basically the same function as the emitter resistor and capacitor in the common emitter bipolar transistor amplifier circuit, namely to provide good stability and prevent a reduction in the loss of the voltage gain. However, the price paid for a stabilized quiescent gate voltage is that more of the supply voltage is dropped across Rs.

The basic circuit and characteristics of a Common Source JFET Amplifier are very similar to that of the common emitter amplifier. A DC load line is constructed by joining the two points relating to the drain current, Id and the supply voltage, Vdd remembering that when Id = 0: ( Vdd = Vds ) and when Vds = 0: ( Id = Vdd/RL ). The load line is therefore the intersection of the curves at the Q-point as follows.

6. Explain the differential and common mode operation of transistorized differential amplifier.

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A differential amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that amplifies the difference between two

voltages but does not amplify the particular voltages.The output of an ideal differential amplifier

is given by:

Where and are the input voltages and is the differential gain.In practice, however,

the gain is not quite equal for the two inputs. This means, for instance, that if and are equal, the output will not be zero, as it would be in the ideal case. A more realistic expression for the output of a differential amplifier thus includes a second term.

is called the common-mode gain of the amplifier.As differential amplifiers are often used to null out noise or bias-voltages that appear at both inputs, a low common-mode gain is usually desired.The common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR), usually defined as the ratio between differential-mode gain and common-mode gain, indicates

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.the ability of the amplifier to accurately cancel voltages that are common to both inputs. The common-mode rejection ratio is defined as:

In a perfectly symmetrical differential amplifier, is zero and the CMRR is infinite. Note that a differential amplifier is a more general form of amplifier than one with a single input; by grounding one input of a differential amplifier, a single-ended amplifier results.

Common mode

At common mode (the two input voltages change in the same directions), the two voltage (emitter) followers cooperate with each other working together on the common high-resistive emitter load (the "long tail"). They all together increase or decrease the voltage of the common emitter point (figuratively speaking, they together "pull up" or "pull down" it so that it moves). In addition, the dynamic load "helps" them by changing its instant ohmic resistance in the same direction as the input voltages (it increases when the voltage increases and vice versa.) thus keeping up constant total resistance between the two supply rails. There is a full (100%) negative feedback; the two input base voltages and the emitter voltage change simultaneously while the collector currents and the total current do not change. As a result, the output collector voltages do not change as well.

Differential mode

Normal. At differential mode (the two input voltages change in opposite directions), the two voltage (emitter) followers oppose each other - while one of them tries to increase the voltage of the common emitter point, the other tries to decrease it (figuratively speaking, one of them "pulls up" the common point while the other "pulls down" it so that it stays immovable) and v.v. So, the common point does not change its voltage; it behaves like a virtual ground with a magnitude determined by the common-mode input voltages. The high-resistive emitter element does not play any role since it is shunted by the other low-resistive emitter follower. There is no negative feedback since the emitter voltage does not change at all when the input base voltages change. Тhe common quiescent current vigorously steers between the two transistors and the output collector voltages vigorously change. The two transistors mutually ground their emitters; so, although they are common-collector stages, they actually act as common-emitter stages with maximum gain. Bias stability and independence from variations in device parameters can be improved by negative feedback introduced via cathode/emitter resistors with relatively small resistances.

Overdriven. If the input differential voltage changes significantly (more than about a hundred millivolts), the base-emitter junction of the transistor driven by the lower input voltage becomes backward biased and its collector voltage reaches the positive supply rail. The other transistor (driven by the higher input voltage) saturates and its collector voltage begins following the input one. This mode is used in differential switches and ECL gates.

Breakdown. If the input voltage continues increasing and exceeds the base-emitter breakdown voltage, the base-emitter junction of the transistor driven by the lower input voltage breaks down. If the input sources are low resistive, an unlimited current will flow directly through the "diode bridge" between the two input sources and will damage them.

At common mode, the emitter voltage follows the input voltage variations; there is a full negative feedback and the gain is minimum. At differential mode, the emitter voltage is fixed (equal to the instant common input voltage); there is no negative feedback and the gain is maximum.

Single-ended input

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.The differential pair can be used as an amplifier with a single-ended input if one of the inputs is grounded or fixed to a reference voltage (usually, the other collector is used as a single-ended output) This arrangement can be thought as of cascaded common-collector and common-base stages or as a buffered common-base stage.[nb 4]

The emitter-coupled amplifier is compensated for temperature drifts, VBE is cancelled, and the Miller effect and transistor saturation are avoided. That is why it is used to form emitter-coupled amplifiers (avoiding Miller effect), phase splitter circuits (obtaining two inverse voltages), ECL gates and switches (avoiding transistor saturation), etc.

7. Derive the expression for the voltage gain of Common source amplifier

When a small ac signal is coupled into the gate it produces variations in gate source voltage. This produces a sinusoidal drain current. Since an ac current flows through the drain resistor. An amplified ac voltage is obtained at the output. An increase in gate source voltage produces more drain current, which means that the drain voltage is decreasing. Since the positive half cycle of input voltage produces the negative half cycle of output voltage, we get phase inversion in a CS amplifier.

The ac equivalent circuit is shown in fig below.

The ac output voltage is vout = - gm v gS RD Negative sign means phase inversion. Because the ac source is directly connected between the gate source terminals therefore ac input voltage equals Vin = Vgs The voltage gain is given by

8. Draw a small signal low frequency model for an FET amplifier and explain. (16)

Similar to Bipolar junction transistor. JFET can also be used as an amplifier. The ac equivalent circuit of a JFET is shown in fig below.

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The resistance between the gate and the source RGS is very high. The drain of a JFET acts like a current source with a value of gm Vgs. This model is applicable at low frequencies.

From the ac equivalent model

The amplification factor µ for FET is defined as

When VGS = 0, gm has its maximum value. The maximum value is designated as gmo.

Again consider the equation,

As VGS increases, gm decreases linearly.

Measuring IDSS and gm, VGS(off) can be determined FET as Amplifier:

Fig shows a common source amplifier.

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Fig. 2

When a small ac signal is coupled into the gate it produces variations in gate source voltage. This produces a sinusoidal drain current. Since an ac current flows through the drain resistor. An amplified ac voltage is obtained at the output. An increase in gate source voltage produces more drain current, which means that the drain voltage is decreasing. Since the positive half cycle of input voltage produces the negative half cycle of output voltage, we get phase inversion in a CS amplifier.

The ac equivalent circuit:

The ac output voltage is

vout = - gm v gS RD

Negative sign means phase inversion. Because the ac source is directly connected between the gate source terminals therefore ac input voltage equals

Vin = Vgs

The voltage gain is given by

The further simplified model of the amplifier is shown in fig below.

Fig. 4

Zin is the input impedance. At low frequencies, this is parallel combination of R1|| R2|| RGS. Since RGS is very large, it is parallel combination of R1 & R2. A Vin is output voltage and RD is the output impedance.

9. Explain in detail about transformer coupled amplifier and direct coupled amplifier.

Transformer Coupling

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Figure above shows a transformer-coupling network between two stages of amplification. The transformer action of T1 couples the signal from the first stage to the second stage. In figure 1-12, the primary of T1 acts as the load for the first stage (Q1) and the secondary of T1 acts as the developing impedance for the second stage (Q2). No capacitor is needed because transformer action couples the signal between the primary and secondary of T1. The inductors that make up the primary and secondary of the transformer have very little dc resistance, so the efficiency of the amplifiers is very high. Transformer coupling is very often used for the final output (between the final amplifier stage and the output device) because of the impedance-matching qualities of the transformer. The Frequency response of transformer-coupled amplifiers is limited by the inductive reactance of the transformer just as it was limited in impedance coupling.

A direct-coupled amplifier or DC amplifier, refers to a type of amplifier. In this type of amplifier, the output of one stage of the amplifier is coupled to the input of the next stage in such a way as to permit signals with zero frequency, also referred to as direct current, to pass from input to output.CurrentThe amplification of DC (zero frequency) is possible only by this amplifier, hence it later becomes the building block for differential amplifier and operational amplifier.AdvantagesThere are several advantages of using this type of amplifier, including: Simple circuit arrangement as there are minimum number of components For above reason, also quite inexpensive Can be used to amplify zero and low frequency signals

DisadvantagesIn addition to the advantages, there are also several known disadvantages. These include:

Unwanted change in output voltage without any change in the input is often observed. This is caused by temperature variations, aging of components, etc. and is referred to as 'drift'. Transistor parameters change with temperature, hence output is affected by temperature variations.Even if input is AC, some DC component is present at output.

ApplicationDirect-coupled amplifiers are used in TV receivers, computers, regulator circuits and other electronic instruments. It also forms a building block for differential amplifiers and operational amplifiers.

10. Define h parameters of a CE transistor. A transistor has the following parameters hie =

800Ω, hre= 10-4, hfe = 80, hoe = 10-7, for a load of 3 Kilo ohm. Calculate the current

gain, voltage gain and power gain.(NOV/DEC’12)

Current gain AI = -loe

fe

Zh

h

1= -

37 103101

80

X

Input impedance ZI= hie -oeL

fere

hY

hh

= 800 -

73

4

10103/1

8010

X

X

Voltage gain AV = i

LI

Z

ZA

Power gain AP = AV AI

11. Define CMRR.(APR/MAY11)

The common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) of a differential amplifier (or other device) is the tendency

of the device to reject the input signals common to both input leads. A high CMRR is important in

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.applications where the signal of interest is represented by a small voltage fluctuation superimposed

on a (possibly large) voltage offset, or when relevant information is contained in the voltage

difference between two signals. (An example is audio transmission over balanced lines.)

Ideally, a differential amplifier takes the voltages, and on its two inputs and produces an

output voltage , where is the differential gain. However, the output of a real differential amplifier is better described as

where is the common-mode gain, which is typically much smaller than the differential gain.The CMRR is defined as the ratio of the powers of the differential gain over the common-mode gain, measured in positive decibels (thus using the 20 log rule):

As differential gain should exceed common-mode gain, this will be a positive number, and the higher the better.The CMRR is a very important specification, as it indicates how much of the common-mode signal will appear in your measurement. The value of the CMRR often depends on signal frequency as well, and must be specified as a function thereof.It is often important in reducing noise on transmission lines. For example, when measuring the resistance of a thermocouple in a noisy environment, the noise from the environment appears as an offset on both input leads, making it a common-mode voltage signal. The CMRR of the measurement instrument determines the attenuation applied to the offset or noise.

ii) Write short notes on multistage amplifiers

The performance obtainable from a single stage amplifier is often insufficient for many applications, hence several stages may be combined forming a multistage amplifier. These stages are connected in cascade, i.e. output of the first stage is connected to form input of second stage, whose output becomes input of third stage, and so on.Overall gainThe overall gain of a multistage amplifier is the product of the gains of the individual stages (ignoring potential loading effects):Gain (A) = A1* A2*A3 *A4 *... *An.Alternately, if the gain of each amplifier stage is expressed in decibels (dB), the total gain is the sum of the gains of the individual stages:Gain in dB (A) = A1 + A2 + A3 + A4 + ... An

Inter-stage coupling

Depending on on the manner in which the different amplifier stages are connected, one of the following amplifiers may result: R-C coupled amplifier R-L coupled amplifier L-C coupled amplifier Transformer coupled amplifier Direct coupled amplifier

12. Discuss in detail methods of increasing input impedance using Darlington connection and Bootstrapping. (16) (NOV/DEC 2011) (NOV/DEC’12)Techniques to improve input impedance:1. Using direct coupling(Darlington connection)2. Using bootstrap technique

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Darlington emitter follower circuit

The ideal voltage amplifier should have infinite input impedance and zero output impedance.The CC and CE with Re basic amplifiers have these properties.The Input impedance of these amplifiers is Ri = hie+(1+hfe)Re using the simplified model (assuming that hfeRe << 0.1)

There are other practical limitations also.1. As Re increases the bias current causes a larger voltage drop across it. For middle of

operating range VCE = VRe = VCC/2. We thus require larger impractical power supply voltage 2. In integrated circuits Re occupies chip area. Larger the value, greater is the chip area

occupied, leaving less for other components.3. Bias resistance appear in parallel with the Ri and with typical values of a few 100K the

parallel combination RI is now decided by the bias resistance, and is hence lower.The problems (1) and (2) are due to the fact that we are thinking of Re as Ohmic physical

resistance.If Re is an equivalent resistance, created by a relatively smaller physical resistance in another CC circuit, this problem can be solved. (The DARLINGTON PAIR circuit). The bias resistance problem (3) may be solved by the BOOTSTRAPPING technique.

ADVANTAGES: DISADVANTAGES:

Very high current gain Very high input impedance for

overall circuit Darlington pairs are widely

available in a single package or they can be made from two separate transistors

Convenient and easy circuit

configuration to use

Slow switching speed Limited bandwidth Introduces a phase shift that can give

rise to problems at certain frequencies in circuit using negative feedback

Higher overall base-emitter voltage =

2 x Vbe.

High saturation voltage (typically

around 0.7 V) which can lead to high levels of power dissipation in some applications

Bootstrap emitter follower circuit

a bootstrap circuit is one where part of the output of an amplifier stage is applied to the input, so as to alter the input impedance of the amplifier. When applied deliberately, the intention is usually to increase rather than decrease the impedance. [1] Generally, any technique where part of the output of a system is used at startup A bootstrap circuit is an arrangement of components Usually it is intended to increase the impedance, by using a small amount of positive feedback, usually over two stages. This was often necessary in the early days of bipolar transistors, which inherently have quite a low input impedance. Because the feedback is positive, such circuits can suffer from poor stability and noise

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TIRUCHIRAPALLI-621213.performance compared to ones that don't bootstrap.The Darlington pair is a cascade of two common collector circuits as shown.With input resistance of Q2 acting as Re for Q1.Q1 thus sees a large equivalent Re, but the physical resistance producing this effect is R2 which is much smaller. Emitter of Q1 is at VR2 +VBE2 and is reasonably low voltage, not requiring a high voltage power supply.

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