Progress

1. Small-signal transistor amplifiers

2. Analogue Electronics Applications Laboratory
3. Power amplifiers
4. Field-effect transistors
5. Small-signal FET amplifiers
6. Amplifier frequency response
7. Practical op-amps
8. Op-amp circuits
9. Oscillators and phase-locked loops
10. Active filters
11.Thyristors and optoelectronics
12. Power supplies
13. Revision
Small-signal FET Amplification
The Reading for this topic is Chapter 9 FET Amplifiers and Switching Circuits (Floyd,
Electronic Devices, 8
th
Edition)
FET Amplifiers This topic
In week 4 we covered biasing and operation of JFETs (Junction Field Effect Transistors)
FET amplifiers can be considered as similar to BJT amplifiers
FET amplifiers provide a large input impedance
Small-signal FET Amplification
FET amplifiers are similar to BJT amplifiers
Output is 180 out of phase with the input
Small-signal FET Amplification
FET vs BJT
Small-signal FET Amplification
Transconductance g
m
is a change in drain current (I) for a given
change in gate-source voltage (V
GS
)
Common Source Amplifiers
Just as the Common-Emitter amplifier was the primary focus of
BJT amplifiers, the Common-Source amplifier is the main focus of
small-signal FET amplification
The Common-Source amplifier is analogous to the Common-
Emitter amplifier
Small-signal model of the FET
Common Source Amplifiers
JFET Common-Source amplifier
Common Source Amplifiers DC Analysis
DC Equivalent Circuit
Common Source Amplifiers AC Analysis
AC analysis is similar to BJT analysis, however there is an
effective open at the gate due to the extremely high input resistance
of the gate
AC Equivalent Circuit
Common Source Amplifiers AC Analysis
Effect of a Load on Av
No load
With load
Common Source Amplifiers AC Analysis
Phase inversion is the same as a BJT Amplifier
Input resistance
R
in(gate)
is very large since I
GSS
is very small. Hence, we choose a
large R
G
such that R
in
is large
Common Source Amplifiers Summary
Common Source Amplifiers Summary
*Since g
m
is very large the input resistance of the Common-Gate amplifier is very
small, so it is not widely used in practice
Lets look at some problems
Small-signal FET Amplification