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44. Common Collector and Common Drain Amplifiers - Part A

This chapter discusses Common Collector and Common Drain Amplifiers, focusing on their operations, biasing, and performance parameters. It highlights the motivations behind using these configurations to mitigate the limitations of common emitter and common source amplifiers. Key aspects include the analysis of voltage gain, input and output impedances, and input capacitances.

Sections

  • 44.1

    Analog Electronic Circuits

    The section discusses the significance and operation of common collector and common drain amplifiers in analog electronic circuits.

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  • 44.1.1

    Lecture – 44: Common Collector And Common Drain Amplifiers

    This section discusses common collector and common drain amplifiers, focusing on their motivations, operating principles, and performance parameters.

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  • 44.2

    Introduction

    This section introduces common collector and common drain amplifiers, emphasizing their configuration, operation, and advantages over traditional common emitter and common source amplifiers.

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  • 44.2.1

    Course Overview

    This section introduces the fundamental concepts of Common Collector and Common Drain Amplifiers within analog electronic circuits.

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  • 44.2.2

    Today's Discussion

    The section introduces Common Collector and Common Drain amplifiers, focusing on their operational principles, biases, and performance metrics.

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  • 44.3

    Motivation

    This section discusses the motivation behind using common collector and common drain amplifiers in analog electronic circuits, highlighting their advantages over previous amplifier configurations.

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  • 44.3.1

    Limitations Of Common Emitter And Common Source Amplifiers

    The section outlines the limitations of common emitter and common source amplifiers, particularly in cascading configurations, and introduces common collector and common drain configurations as potential solutions.

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  • 44.3.2

    Effect Of Cascading On Signal

    This section discusses the effect of cascading amplifiers and the solution to prevent performance degradation through buffer configurations.

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  • 44.3.3

    Proposed Solution: Buffer Circuit

    This section discusses the motivation and operational principles of common collector and common drain amplifiers as buffer circuits to prevent loading effects in cascaded amplifier stages.

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  • 44.4

    Basic Operation And Biasing

    This section covers the basic operation and biasing of common collector and common drain amplifiers in analog electronic circuits.

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  • 44.4.1

    Common Drain Configuration

    This section explains the principles and operation of the common drain amplifier configuration, highlighting its benefits and characteristics.

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  • 44.4.2

    Common Collector Configuration

    This section discusses the common collector configuration, its operational principles, and its advantages in analog circuit design as a buffer amplifier.

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  • 44.5

    Performance Parameters

    This section covers the performance parameters of common collector and common drain amplifiers, focusing on their input and output resistances, gains, and the significance of these configurations in cascading amplifier stages.

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  • 44.5.1

    Voltage Gain And Input/output Impedance

    This section describes the operational characteristics of common collector and common drain amplifiers, focusing on their voltage gain and input/output impedance.

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  • 44.5.2

    Comparison Of Gain And Resistance

    This section discusses the operational characteristics and advantages of common collector and common drain amplifiers, particularly in terms of gain and resistance.

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  • 44.6

    Small Signal Equivalent Circuits

    This section focuses on the Small Signal Equivalent Circuits, particularly common collector and common drain amplifiers, detailing their configurations, operations, and performance parameters.

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  • 44.6.1

    Common Collector Amplifier

    The Common Collector Amplifier is a configuration that acts as a buffer, offering high input resistance and low output resistance, making it ideal for interfacing circuits without signal degradation.

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  • 44.6.2

    Common Drain Amplifier

    The Common Drain Amplifier serves as a buffer design configured to provide high input impedance and low output impedance while maintaining near unity voltage gain.

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  • 44.7

    Conclusion

    This section summarizes the important concepts covered in the chapter, focusing on common collector and common drain amplifiers.

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References

Lecture 44 Part A.pdf

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