BJT amplifier & small-signal concept Lecture 8
Preview Basic characteristics of BJT amplifiers DC and ac analysis & equivalent circuits Small-signal hybrid-π equivalent circuits Small-signal voltage gain, input resistance & output resistance Common-emitter amplifiers dc & ac load lines
Linear analog amplifier
Notation
Basic characteristics of an amplifier
Basic characteristics of an amplifier (cont’d)
Basic BJT amplifier
Graphical analysis of BJT amplifiers
Graphical analysis of BJT amplifiers (Cont’d)
Analysis of BJT amplifiers
dc analysis and equivalent circuit
ac analysis and equivalent circuit
Small-signal hybrid-π equivalent circuit
Small-signal hybrid-π equivalent circuit (Cont’d)
Small-signal voltage gain
Input and output resistances
Example: dc circuit analysis
Example: dc circuit analysis (Cont’d)
Example: dc circuit analysis (Cont’d) -
Small-signal hybrid-π equivalent circuit with Early effect
Example: determine BJT amplifier parameters Determine the small-signal voltage gain, input resistance, and output resistance of the BJT amplifier circuit in previous example with the early effect. Assume that the early voltage is 50V.
Common-emitter amplifiers (with voltage-divider biasing & coupling capacitor)
Common-emitter amplifiers (with voltage-divider biasing & coupling capacitor)- Cont’d
Common-emitter amplifiers (with voltage-divider biasing & coupling capacitor & emitter resistor)
dc & ac load lines Dc load line is used to find Q-point Ac load line is used to determine graphically the operation of a BJT amplifier Dc and ac load lines are essentially different since capacitors appear as an open circuit for a de operation but a short circuit for an ac operation
dc load line
ac load line
Maximum output symmetrical swing
Saturation
Cutoff
Example: Calculate BJT circuit parameters Determine the small-signal voltage gain, input resistance, and output resistance of the circuit shown in attached Figure. Assume the transistor parameters are: β=100, VBE(on) =0.7V, and VA=100V
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(a) Determine the small-signal hybrid- parameters rπ, gm, and r0 TQ8.1 In Figure 8.1, let β=150,VA=200V, VCC=7.5V, VBE(on)=0.7V, RC=15KΩ, RB=100kΩ, and VBB=0.92V. (a) Determine the small-signal hybrid- parameters rπ, gm, and r0 (b) Find the small-signal voltage gain Av Fig. 8.1