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Differential Amplifier
Differential Amplifier
common mode input voltage and it only amplifies the differential input signal.
Also the common mode input voltage is the voltage that is common to both the
inputs of an amplifier.
The common mode input voltage may be an offset voltage to both inputs
The common mode input voltage may be noise generated by other elements in the
circuit
These are the noises which are eliminated by the differential amplifiers and the first
one is
1) Power supply noise
2) Electromagnetic Interference ( EMI) noise.
Differential amplifier may implement single ended input amplifier by grounding the
other input.
To find the voltages Vx and Vy we need to apply superposition theorem and to apply
superposition theorem all the current sources are open circuited and voltage
sources are short circuited.
So the final circuit becomes as shown above on the right
Now the above circuit has become a common source amplifier with degenerated
resistor 1/gm2
We can solve for Vx due to V1 as by applying thevenins theorem