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    Notes for bje common emitter amplifier

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    bjt ce amp 1.

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    Description

    10 V VCC
    Vo
    RC
    R1 12 k
    200 k Vo
    CB rπ gm vbe
    R1 R2 RC
    10 u

    Vs R2
    50 k RE Rin
    CE
    3.6 k
    15 u

    (a) (b)

    Figure 1: (a) BJT common-emitter amplifier, (b) small-signal equivalent circuit.

    The purpose of this exercise it to find the input resistance of a common-emitter amplifier
    shown in Fig. 1 (a) in the mid-band frequency regime, i.e., the small-signal resistance as seen
    by the source Vs in the mid-band regime. The small-signal equivalent circuit of the amplifier
    is shown in Fig. 1 (b) from which Rin is seen to be R1 k R2 k rπ . Our goal is to verify this by
    simulation.
    The small-signal circuit of the amplifier can be represented by that shown inside the dashed
    rectangle in Fig. 2. Let us connect an external source of constant magnitude and frequency
    (in the mid-band range) at the input through a series resistance Rs . The output voltage is,
    Rin
    v o = AV vs . (1)
    Rs + Rin

    If Rs → 0 Ω, vo → AV vs , and if Rs = Rin , vo = AV vs /2. This gives us the following procedure


    for finding Rin :

    1. Vary Rs from 0 Ω (or a negligibly small value) to a large value (say, 10 times the
    expected value of Rin ), and plot |Vo | versus log Rs .

    2. Denote the maximum value of |Vo | by Vm . From the plot, find Rs for which |Vo | is
    Vm /2. The resistance thus obtained is the same as Rin .

    1
    Rs

    Ro
    vs vin AV vin vo
    Rin

    Figure 2: Equivalent representation of the circuit in Fig. 1 (b).

    Exercise Set

    1. Perform DC simulation of the amplifier and obtain the DC values, IB and IC . Compute
    β = IC /IB . Note that this β value may be different than the “forward β” parameter (bf)
    of the transistor.

    2. Compute rπ = β/gm = β VT /IC .

    3. Compute the expected value of Rin = R1 k R2 k rπ .

    4. Obtain the gain versus frequency response of the amplifier, and find the midband range.

    5. Set the frequency in the midband range. Obtain Rin by simulation, as described above,
    and compare it with its expected value.

    6. How will Rin change if CE is removed? Verify by simulation.

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