Exercise 4.8 An NMOS amplifier with weird biasing
See the amplifier circuit below. Assume that the impedance of the capacitors is very low at the signal
frequency.
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a)
- Draw a small signal equivalent circuit of this amplifier.
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b)
- Derive an equation for the voltage gain .
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c)
- Derive an equation for the output impedance of this circuit.
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d)
- In the questions so-far, the circuit was driven from a voltage source. Now, let’s replace that
voltage source by a current source. Derive an equation for the output impedance of this circuit,
assuming that the circuit is driven by a current source.