Take Home Quiz

1. For the DMOSFET circuit shown in fig., the device parameters are:
VGS(off) = -8V, IDSS=10mA

Determine drain-to- source voltage VDS.

Solution:

IG=0
Therefore, VGS=0
Then, I D will be equal to IDSS which is equal to 10mA.

Analyzing the circuit with Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law,

0=VDD-IDRD-VDS

But ID = IDSS and transposing terms to the other side to get VDS

VDS=VDD-IDSSRD

By Substitution,

VDS= 18V - 10mA (680)

VDS = 18-6.8
VDS = 11.2V
2. The drain current changes from 5mA to 7mA when the gate voltage is changed
from -4.0V to -3.7V in the amplifier circuit shown in fig.

Solution:

By deriving the formula for the Voltage gain we will come up with
𝑉𝑜
𝐴𝑣 = −
𝑉𝑖
𝑔𝑚 (𝑉𝐺𝑆 )(𝑅𝐷 ||𝑅𝐿 )
𝐴𝑣 = −
𝑉𝐺𝑆
Then, we cancel out VGS, therefor we will come up with the equation
𝐴𝑣 = −𝑔𝑚(𝑅𝐷 ||𝑅𝐿 )

Next is that we will compute for the trans conductance of the equation which is
gm.

∆𝐼𝐷
𝑔𝑚 =
∆𝑉𝐺𝑆
2𝑚𝐴
𝑔𝑚 =
0.3𝑉
𝑔𝑚 = 6.66𝑚𝑆

Lastly, we solve for the voltage gain

𝐴𝑣 = −6.66𝑚𝑆(6𝐾Ω||6𝐾Ω)
𝐴𝑣 = −20
3. Find the drain-source voltage, VDS, for the NMOS transistor circuit shown in fig.
The device parameters are: conductance parameter, k= 600A/v2 and VT = 2V.

Solution:
As we can observe in the circuit the circuit is a Voltage Divider MOSFET,

I G=0,

To get VGS we need to use the Voltage Divider theorem which is

𝑅2
𝑉𝐺𝑆 = 𝑉𝐷𝐷 ( )
𝑅1 + 𝑅2
𝑏𝑦 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 this formula we will end up with
2𝑀Ω
𝑉𝐺𝑆 = 15𝑉 ( )
4𝑀Ω + 2𝑀Ω

𝑉𝐺𝑆 = 5V
And we use the formula for ID which is
ID=k(VGS-VT)2
Then we get,
𝐼𝐷 = 600𝜇𝐴/𝑣 2 (5𝑉 − 2𝑉)2
𝐼𝐷 = 5.4𝑚𝐴

By using Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law

0 = VDD - RDID - VDS
By transposing
VDS = VDD – RDID
 Which give us
VDS = 15V – (5.4mA)(2k)
VDS = 4.2V
4. Calculate the voltage gain in the amplifier shown in fig. The transconductance of
the transistor is 4000s. If the 400 source resistance is passed by a capacitor,
how much is voltage gain now?

Solution:
By deriving the formula for the voltage gain you will get,
𝑔𝑚(𝑅𝐷 ||𝑅𝐿 )
𝐴𝑣 = −
1 + 𝑔𝑚𝑅𝑠
Then by substituting all the given parameters
4000𝜇𝑠(6𝐾||10𝐾)
𝐴𝑣 = −
1 + 4000𝜇𝑠(400Ω)
𝐴𝑣 = −5.7