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Lecture 13
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(Fig. 7.20a)
The DC voltages provide the biasing. The input signal is vbe and
the output signal is vc.
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(1)
AC
(2)
IC
or using (7.52)
iC I C evbe VT
(7.56),(3)
For small vbe such that vbe 2VT (i.e., the small-signal
approximation), then (3) can be approximated by
v
I
iC I C 1 be I C C vbe
(7.57),(4)
T
VT DC V
AC
(7.60),(5)
ic g m vbe
(7.61),(6)
ic
can be written as
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IC
[S]
(7.62),(7)
VT
is defined as the transistor small-signal transconductance. Its
units are Siemens. Note that g m I C .
gm
where
(Fig. 7.21)
With iC I S evBE
VT
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iC
I
S evBE
vBE VT
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iC
(3) VT
(9)
IC
VT
(10)
VT
Therefore
gm
iC
vBE
iC I C
as we defined in (6).
Observe that:
VCC I C RC ic RC
VC
or
vC VC ic RC
DC
AC
(7.76),(11)
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(7.77),(13)
Output (vC):
VC
Input (vBE):
vbe
VBE
t
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