Biasing in MOS Amplifier

Circuits
Biasing in MOS Amplifier Circuits
• An essential step in the design of a MOSFET amplifier
circuit is the establishment of an appropriate dc
operating point for the transistor. This step is known
as biasing.
• An appropriate dc operating point or bias point is
characterized by a stable dc drain current ID and dc
drain-to-source voltage VDS that ensures operation in
the saturation region for all expected input signals.
Biasing schemes
• Biasing by fixed VGS
• Biasing by fixed VG and connecting a resistor in the
source
• Biasing using a drain-to-gate feedback resistor
• Biasing using a constant current source
Biasing by fixed VGS
• Fixed gate-to-source voltage VGS to the value required to provide the
desired ID.
• This voltage value can be derived from the power supply voltage VDD
through the use of an appropriate voltage divider.
• This in not good biasing approach.

• The value of threshold voltage, the oxide capacitance, and aspect

ratio vary widely among devices of the same size and type.
• Furthermore, both threshold voltage and mobility depend on
temperature, with the results that if we fix the value of VGS , then the
drain current become very much temperature dependent.
Biasing by fixed VGS
Biasing by fixing VGS and connecting resistance in the
source
Biasing using a drain-to-gate feedback resistor
Biasing using a constant current source
• The most effective biasing scheme
Reference
• Sedra, Adel S., and Kenneth C. Smith. "Microelectronic Circuit Fifth
Edition Oxford university press."