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Homework Assignment No. 4 - Solutions Problem 1 Find the midband voltage gain and the 3dB frequency in Hertz for the circuit shown. C2=1pF R1=1k Vin C1= 10pF R2= 10k + V1 V1 100 R3= 20k C3= 10pF + Vout -

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Solution The midband gain is given as, Vout 20k 10k V in = - 100 11k = -181.82V/V To find the 3dB frequency requires finding the 3 open-circuit time constants. RC10: RC10 = 1k||10k = 0.9091k =9.09ns RC20: vt = it RC10 + R3(it+0.01V1) = it(RC10 + R3 + 0.01RC10R3) RC20 = RC10 + R3 + 0.01RC10R3 =0.9091+20x (1+0.01909.1)k = 202.72k RC20C2 = 202.72x1ns =202.72ns RC30: RC30 = 20k RC30C3 = 20x10ns = 200ns -3dB = 1 = 2.43x106 rad/s T 0 Rc10 +v t + V1 V 1 100 R3 RC10C = 0.9091x10ns it
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T0 = (9.091 + 202.72 + 200)ns=411.82n f-3dB = 2.43x106 = 386.5kHz 2

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Problem 2 (10 points) Find the midband voltage gain and the exact value of the two poles of the voltage transfer function for the circuit shown. Assume that RI = 3k, RL = 9K, gm = 1mS, Cgs = 4.5pF and Cgd = 1pF. Ignore rds. RI Vin
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RL

+ Vout -

Solution The best approach to this problem is a direct analysis. Small-signal model:
RI
Vin

gmVgs + RL Vout -

RI

gmVs

Vgs +

Cgs

Cgd

Vin

+
Vs

Cgs
-

Cgd

+ RL Vout -

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Vout = gmZLVs
sCgsVs

where

1 ZL = sR C +1 L gd

and

V in-V s RI

= gmVs +

Solving for Vs from the second equation gives, V in Vs = 1+g R +sC R m I gs I Substituting Vs in the first equation gives,
V in V out = gm ZL 1+g R +sC R m I gs I
Vout 1 1 V = gm sR C +1 1+g R +sC R in L gd m I gs I

gmRL 1 1 = MBG 1 1 = 1+g R sR C +1 sC R s L gd gd I m I 1 - s + 1 p1 1 - p2 1+gmRI

gmRL 1x9 MBG = 1+g R = 1+1x3 = 2.25V/V m I
1+gmRI 1+3 1 1 8 p1 = -R C = - 9x1ns = 1.1e8 rad/s and p2 =- RICgs = - 3x4.5ns = -2.9x10 rad/s L gd