Lecture19

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ForProblem4ofHW10,useVDD =1.8VandVTH =0.4V Note:Midterm#2willbeheldonThursday11/15

OUTLINE
Commongatestage Sourcefollower
Reading:Chapter7.37.4
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DiodeConnectedMOSFETs
Diode-connected NMOSFET Diode-connected PMOSFET

RX

1 = ro 1 g m1

RY =

1 gm2

ro 2

Small-signal analysis circuit

Small-signal analysis circuit

N t th t th NotethatthesmallsignalmodelofaPMOSFETisidenticalto ll i l d l f PMOSFET i id ti l t thatofanNMOSFET

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SummaryofMOSFETImpedances
Lookinginto thegate,the impedanceis i d i infinite(). Lookinginto thedrain,the impedanceis i d i ro ifthegate andsource are(ac) are (ac) grounded. Lookingintothe source,the impedanceis1/gm i d i 1/ inparallelwithro if thegateanddrain are(ac)grounded. are (ac) grounded

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CommonGateAmplifierStage
AnincreaseinVin decreasesVGS andhencedecreasesID. ThevoltagedropacrossR decreases The voltage drop across RD decreases Vout increases t Thesmallsignalvoltagegain(Av)ispositive.

Av = gmRD

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OperationinSaturationRegion
ForM1 tooperateinsaturation,VoutcannotfallbelowVbVTH. Trade offbetweenheadroomandvoltagegain. Tradeoff between headroom and voltage gain

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I/OImpedancesofCGStage( =0)
Small-signal analysis circuit for determining input resistance, Rin Small-signal analysis circuit for determining output resistance, Rout

1 Rin = gm
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Rout = RD
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CGStagewithSourceResistance
Small-signal equivalent circuit seen at input

vX =

1 gm 1 RS + gm

vin

For = 0:

vout vout v X 1 = = g m RD vin v X vin g m RS + 1

Av =

RD 1 + RS gm

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 TheoutputimpedanceofaCGstagewithsourceresistanceis identicaltothatofCSstagewithdegeneration. g g
Small-signal analysis circuit for determining output resistance, Rout

Rout = rO (1 + g m RS ) + RS = (1 + g m rO )RS + rO
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CGStagewithBiasing
R1andR2 establishthegatebiasvoltage. R3 provides a path for the bias current of M1 to flow. 3providesapathforthebiascurrentofM1toflow.

vout R3 || (1/ gm ) = gmRD vin R3 || (1/ gm ) + RS

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CGStagewithGateResistance
Forlowsignalfrequencies,thegateconductsnocurrent. GateresistancedoesnotaffectthegainorI/Oimpedances. Gate resistance does not affect the gain or I/O impedances

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CGStageExample
Small-signal equivalent circuit seen at input
1 1 g m1 g m 2 1 1 + RS g m1 g m 2

Small-signal equivalent circuit seen at output

1 + rO1 Rout1 g m1rO1 RS gm2

vX =

vin =

1 vin 1 + (g m1 + g m 2 )RS

vout vX gm1RD = Av = vX vin 1 + (gm1 + gm2 )RS

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1 Rout gm1rO1 g || RS + rO1 || RD m2

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SourceFollowerStage
vout rO || RL Av = <1 vin 1 +r || R O L gm
Small-signal analysis circuit for g g g , determining voltage gain, Av Equivalent circuit

vin = v1 +vout
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vout = gmv1(ro RL )

= gm(vin vout)(ro RL )
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SourceFollowerExample
Inthisexample,M2 actsasacurrentsource.

Av =

rO1 || rO 2 1 + rO1 || rO 2 g m1
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Rout ofSourceFollower
Theoutputimpedanceofasourcefollowerisrelativelylow, whereastheinputimpedanceisinfinite(atlowfrequencies); p p ( q ); thus,itisusefulasavoltagebuffer.
Small-signal analysis circuit for determining output resistance, Rout o tp t resistance

Rout

1 1 = || rO || RL || RL gm gm

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SourceFollowerwithBiasing
RG setsthegatevoltagetoVDD;RS setsthedraincurrent.
(SolvethequadraticequationtoobtainthevalueofI ) (Solve the quadratic equation to obtain the value of ID.)

Assuming =0:

W 1 2 ID = nCox (VDD IDRS VTH ) L 2

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SupplyIndependentBiasing
IfRs isreplacedbyacurrentsource,thedraincurrentID becomesindependentofthesupplyvoltageV becomes independent of the supply voltage VDD.

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