AC BIASING

GENERALLY…
AC ANALYSIS

• 𝒁𝒊 - INPUT IMPEDANCE
• 𝒁𝑶 - OUTPUT IMPEDANCE
• 𝑨𝒗 - VOLTAGE GAIN
• 𝑨𝒊 - CURRENT GAIN
BUT FIRST,
AC ANALYSIS

AC EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT
D. I. S. C. O.
IF
D
C
CIRCUIT ANALYSIS

I INDUCTOR

S SHORT

C CAPACITOR

O OPEN
INPUT AND OUTPUT IMPEDANCES
AC ANALYSIS

For FET,

For BJT,
𝟐𝑰𝑫𝑺𝑺 𝑽𝑮𝑺
𝟐𝟔 𝒎𝑽 𝒈𝒎 = 𝟏−
𝑽𝑷 𝑽𝑷
𝒓𝒆 =
𝑰𝑬
where 𝒈𝒎 is called
“TRANSCONDUCTANCE”
VOLTAGE GAIN
AC ANALYSIS

For FET,
GENERALLY,
𝑽𝒐
𝑨𝒗 = −
𝑽𝒊
𝑨𝒗 = −𝒈𝒎 𝑹𝑫
For BJT,

𝑹𝑪 NOTE: these voltage gains are

𝑨𝒗 = − “NO-LOAD VOLTAGE GAINS”
𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒗𝑵𝑳
VOLTAGE GAIN
AC ANALYSIS

For LOADED GAIN With SOURCE IMPEDANCE

𝑹𝑳 𝒁𝒊
𝑨𝒗𝑳 = 𝑨𝒗𝑵𝑳 𝑨𝒗𝑺 = 𝑨𝒗𝑳
𝒁𝒐 + 𝑹𝑳 𝒁𝒊 + 𝑹𝑺

WHERE 𝑹𝑳 is the resistive load WHERE 𝑹𝒔 is the source resistance

CURRENT GAIN
AC ANALYSIS

𝒁𝑰 𝑹𝑺 +𝑹𝒊
𝑨𝒊𝑳 = −𝑨𝒗𝑳 𝑨𝒊𝒔 = −𝑨𝒗𝑺
𝑹𝑳 𝑹𝑳
 CASCADED SYSTEMS

𝒛𝒊𝟏
𝑨𝒗𝑻 = 𝑨𝒗𝟏 ⋅ 𝑨𝒗𝟐 ⋅ 𝑨𝒗𝟑 ⋅⋅⋅ 𝑨𝒊𝑻 = −𝑨𝒗𝑻
𝑹𝑳
With resistive load of 4 kΩ and a source resistance of 0.3 kΩ
With resistive load of 4 kΩ and a source resistance of 0.3 kΩ
With resistive load of 4 kΩ and a source resistance of 0.3 kΩ