Exercise 4.8 An NMOS amplifier with weird biasing

a)

An answer:

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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 = Rg∕∕Rd
d)

An answer:
zout = 1 gm∕∕Rd