CASCODE CONNECTION

PRESENTED BY: GROUP 4 – ONGKINGCO, JEMIMAH

DIMAGAN, AARON
CASCODE AMPLIFIER WORKING AND ITS APPLICATIONS
- THE CASCODE AMPLIFIER IS USED TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ANALOG CIRCUIT. THE
UTILIZATION OF CASCODE IS A COMMON METHOD WHICH CAN BE USED IN THE APPLICATIONS OF
TRANSISTORS AS WELL AS VACUUM TUBES.

WHAT IS A CASCODE AMPLIFIER? CASCODE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT

• The cascode amplifier includes two-stages like a CE
(common-emitter) stage and CB (common-base)
stage where the CE is feeding into a CB. As we
compared with a single stage of an amplifier, the
combination of this can have different
characteristics like high input/output isolation, high
i/p impedance, high o/p impedance and high
bandwidth.
• The Cascode amplifier circuit using FET is shown
below. The input stage of this amplifier is a common
source of FET & the Vin (input voltage) which is
connected to its gate terminal. The output stage of
this amplifier is common gate of FET which is
ambitious by the input phase. The drain resistance
of the o/p stage is Rd and the Vout (output
voltage) can be taken from the secondary
transistor’s drain terminal.
- As the gate terminal of Q2 transistor is grounded, then the source voltage and the drain
voltage of transistors are held almost stable. That means the higher Q2 transistor provides a
low i/p resistance toward the lower Q1 transistor. This decreases the lower transistor’s gain &
thus the Miller effect also gets decreased. SO bandwidth will increase.
- The gain reduction in the lower transistor does not influence the total gain as the upper
transistor reimburses it. The upper transistor will not influenced by the Miller effect as the
charging & discharging from drain to source drift capacitance can be carried out using the
drain resistor. The frequency response, as well as load, influenced simply for high frequencies.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
The Advantages include the following:
- This amplifier provides high bandwidth, gain, slew rate,
stability, & also input impedance. For a two-transistor circuit, the
parts count is extremely low.

The Disadvantages include the following:

- This amplifier requires two transistors with high voltage supply.
For the two-transistor cascode, two transistors should be biased
through sufficient VDS in process, striking a lesser limit on the
voltage supply.