EECS 105 Fall 2003, Lecture 17

Lecture 17:
Common Source/Gate/Drain
Amplifiers

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Lecture Outline

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MOS Common Source Amp

Current Source Active Load
Common Gate Amp
Common Drain Amp

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Common-Source Amplifier

Isolate DC level

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Load-Line Analysis to find Q

I RD =

VDD Vout
RD

Q
slope =

5V
ID =
10k

1
10k

0V
ID =
10k
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Small-Signal Analysis

Rin =

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Two-Port Parameters:
Generic Transconductance Amp
Rs
+
vs

vin

Rin

Gmvin

Rout

RL

Find Rin, Rout, Gm

Rin =

Gm = g m Rout = ro || RD
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Two-Port CS Model
Reattach source and load one-ports:

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Maximize Gain of CS Amp

Av = g m RD || ro

Increase the gm (more current)

Increase RD (free? Dont need to dissipate extra
power)
Limit: Must keep the device in saturation

VDS = VDD I D RD > VDS , sat

For a fixed current, the load resistor can only be

chosen so large
To have good swing wed also like to avoid getting
to close to saturation

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Current Source Supply

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Solution: Use a
current source!
Current independent
of voltage for ideal
source
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CS Amp with Current Source Supply

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Load Line for DC Biasing

Both the I-source and the transistor are idealized for DC bias
analysis
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Two-Port Parameters
From current
source supply

Rin =
Gm = g m
Rout = ro || roc
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P-Channel CS Amplifier

DC bias: VSG = VDD VBIAS sets drain current IDp = ISUP

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Two-Port Model Parameters

Small-signal model for PMOS and for rest of circuit

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Common Gate Amplifier

DC bias:

I SUP = I BIAS = I DS

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CG as a Current Amplifier: Find Ai

iout = id = it
Ai = 1
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CG Input Resistance

vgs = vt

At input:

it = g m vgs + g mb vt

vt
+

vout
ro

Output voltage: v = i (r || R ) = i (r || R )
out
d oc
L
t oc
L
it = g m vt + g mb vt
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vt
+

( roc || RL ) it
ro

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Approximations

We have this messy result

1
g m + g mb +
it
ro
1
= =
roc || RL
Rin vt
1+
ro

But we dont need that much precision. Lets start

approximating:
g m + g mb >>

1
ro

roc || RL RL
Rin =

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RL
0
ro

1
g m + g mb
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CG Output Resistance

vs
vs vt
g m vgs ( g mb vs ) +
=0
RS
ro

1
1 vt
vs
+ g m + g mb + =
ro ro
RS
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CG Output Resistance
Substituting vs = itRS
it RS

1
1 vt
+ g m + g mb + =
RS
ro ro

The output resistance is (vt / it)|| roc

Rout = roc

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|| RS

ro
+ g m ro + g mb ro + 1

RS

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Approximating the CG Rout

Rout = roc || [ro + g m ro RS + g mb ro RS + RS ]
The exact result is complicated, so lets try to
make it simpler:
g m 500S

g mb 50S

ro 200k

Rout roc || [ro + g m ro RS + RS ]

Assuming the source resistance is less than ro,

Rout roc || [ro + g m ro RS ] = roc || [ro (1 + g m RS )]

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CG Two-Port Model

Function: a current buffer

Low Input Impedance
High Output Impedance
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Common-Drain Amplifier
I DS

VGS = VT +

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W 1
= Cox
(VGS VT ) 2
L 2

2 I DS
W
Cox
L

Weak IDS dependence

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CD Voltage Gain

Note vgs = vt vout

vout
= g m vgs g mb vout
roc || ro

vout
= g m ( vt vout ) g mb vout
roc || ro
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CD Voltage Gain (Cont.)

vout
= g m ( vt vout ) g mb vout
roc || ro

KCL at source node:

roc || ro

+ g mb +

g m vout

= g m vt

Voltage gain (for vSB not zero):

vout
=
vin

gm
1
+ g mb + g m
roc || ro

vout
gm

1
vin
g mb + g m
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CD Output Resistance

Sum currents at output (source) node:

Rout

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vt
= ro || roc ||
it
Rout

it = g m vt + g mb vt

1
g m + g mb
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CD Output Resistance (Cont.)

ro || roc is much larger than the inverses of the
transconductances
ignore
Rout

1
g m + g mb

Function: a voltage buffer

High Input Impedance
Low Output Impedance
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