Exercise 4.8 An NMOS amplifier with weird biasing

a)

An answer:

pict

b)

An answer:
In the derivation already included is vgs = vin. av = vout vin vout = Rd iRd = Rd (gmvin vout vin Rg ) = gmRd vin + Rd Rgvin 1 + Rd Rg av = Rd Rg gmRd 1 + Rd Rg = Rd (1 gmRg) Rg + Rd

c)

An answer:
zout = RgRd
d)

An answer:
zout = 1 gmRd