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Analog Electronic Circuits - Vol 3
Explore and master the fundamentals of Analog Electronic Circuits - Vol 3
You've not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.Chapter 51
Common Base and Common Gate Amplifiers (Contd.) : Numerical Examples (Part A)
This chapter discusses common base and common gate amplifiers, emphasizing their theoretical aspects and performance parameters. A series of numerical examples are provided to illustrate the calculation of voltage gain, input and output impedances, and design guidelines. Key considerations around circuit performance and practical applications of these configurations are analyzed in depth.
Chapter 52
Common Base and Common Gate Amplifiers (Contd.) : Numerical Examples (Part B)
The chapter discusses Common Base and Common Gate amplifiers with a focus on practical circuit biasing, numerical examples, and the calculation of operating points. It covers the analysis of current gain, voltage swing, and input impedance, providing detailed examples that illustrate the concepts thoroughly.
Chapter 53
Common Base and Common Gate Amplifiers (Contd.) : Numerical Examples (Part C)
The chapter covers the performance of Common Base and Common Gate amplifiers, particularly focusing on the impact of removing coupling capacitors on input resistance, voltage gain, and output impedance. Through numerical analyses, key measurements reveal how these parameters are affected and the guidelines are set for designing these circuits for specific requirements. Ultimately, it emphasizes the importance of maintaining AC ground at the base node in these amplifiers.
Chapter 54
Common Base and Common Gate Amplifiers (Contd.) : Numerical Examples (Part D)
The chapter delves into the design and analysis of common base and common gate amplifiers, focusing on their performance parameters such as voltage gain, output swing, and input impedance. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the achievable performance of circuits based on provided specifications and the challenges in designing these circuits. Various numerical examples illustrate the application of theoretical concepts to practical scenarios, aiding in grasping the design guidelines for selecting component values.
Chapter 55
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers: Operation and Analysis (Part A)
The chapter discusses multi-transistor amplifiers, focusing on the combination of different configurations to enhance performance. It highlights the common emitter, common collector, and common base configurations, each with their specific characteristics, advantages, and limitations. The interdependence of these configurations in achieving better input and output impedances is emphasized throughout the analysis.
Chapter 56
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers: Operation and Analysis (Part B)
The chapter discusses various configurations of multi-transistor amplifiers, focusing on understanding their operation and analysis. It explores how combining common emitter (CE) and common collector (CC) configurations improves performance metrics such as input and output impedance. Additionally, it covers how these hybrid configurations can enhance gain and fidelity in signal amplification applications.
Chapter 57
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers : Operation and Analysis (Part C)
This chapter focuses on the operation and analysis of multi-transistor amplifiers, specifically configurations involving composite transistors. It describes various circuit configurations like common collector (CC) and common emitter (CE), the advantages of using composite structures, and introduces essential performance metrics associated with these configurations. Additionally, it discusses the application of Darlington pairs and the distinctions between BJT and MOS circuits in amplifier design.
Chapter 58
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers (Contd.): Numerical Examples (Part A)
Multi-transistor amplifiers are explored through numerical examples to illustrate the theoretical concepts previously discussed. Key configurations such as common emitter (CE) and common collector (CC) stages are analyzed for their effect on bandwidth enhancement and input resistance. The chapter demonstrates the calculations involved in amplifier design and the significance of using multiple transistor configurations to achieve desired circuit performance.
Chapter 59
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers (Contd.): Numerical Examples (Part B)
The chapter focuses on multi-transistor amplifiers, specifically discussing the common source amplifier and its cascading with the common drain stage to improve bandwidth and overall performance. Key numerical examples highlight calculations of voltage gain and upper cutoff frequency, emphasizing the use of transistor configurations to enhance amplifier characteristics. The importance of input resistance in circuit design is also addressed, illustrating how cascading stages can significantly affect performance metrics.
Chapter 60
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers (Contd.): Numerical Examples (Part C)
The discussion centers around various configurations of multi-transistor amplifiers, specifically emphasizing the common collector and common emitter arrangements. It highlights the advantages of mutual biasing in enhancing input resistance and reducing input capacitance. By comparing different circuits such as the CC-CE amplifier and the Darlington pair, it illustrates how these configurations affect performance metrics.
Chapter 61
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers: Cascode Amplifier (Part A)
This chapter delves into Multi-Transistor Amplifiers, specifically discussing cascode amplifiers using both BJT and MOSFET configurations. It highlights the advantages of combining common emitter and common base stages to achieve higher voltage gain and performance efficiency. Detailed analysis and practical applications of the cascode amplifier are provided, emphasizing its importance in modern electronic circuits.
Chapter 61
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers: Cascode Amplifier (Part A)
The chapter discusses the behavior of a cascode transistor with respect to its input and output impedances and capacitances. It elaborates on how the amplifier's gain is influenced by external resistances and capacitances, particularly emphasizing the significance of the Miller effect. Reductions in input capacitance are highlighted as critical improvements of cascode amplifiers compared to standard configurations.
Chapter 62
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers : Cascode Amplifier (Part B)
The chapter discusses the cascode amplifier configuration using MOSFET transistors, explaining how the combination of a common source followed by a common gate enhances voltage gain while maintaining a low input capacitance. The operational principles, biasing requirements, and advantages and disadvantages of this amplifier configuration are analyzed in detail. Emphasis is placed on the comparison between BJT and MOSFET cascode configurations, culminating in the exploration of voltage gain, output impedance, and high-frequency performance.
Chapter 63
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers: Cascode Amplifier (Contd.) – Numerical Examples (Part A)
The chapter focuses on Multi-Transistor Amplifiers, particularly the Cascode Amplifier, with an emphasis on numerical examples using both BJT and MOSFET technologies. Key aspects covered include the analysis of operating points, small signal parameters, voltage gain, and input capacitance. A detailed comparison of the cascode amplifier with common emitter amplifiers highlights the advantages of using cascode configurations.
Chapter 64
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers: Cascode Amplifier (Contd.) – Numerical Examples (Part B)
The chapter discusses the cascode amplifier, highlighting its advantages over standard CE amplifiers, primarily in terms of gain and bandwidth enhancement. It delves into numerical examples to illustrate its functionality, noting how higher resistance values affect performance. Additionally, the content addresses the trade-offs between gain and bandwidth, a crucial consideration in circuit design.
Chapter 65
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers: Cascode Amplifier (Contd.) – Numerical Examples (Part C)
The chapter discusses the Cascode Amplifier, focusing on its operational characteristics and performance benefits over traditional amplifiers. It highlights the enhancement of voltage gain achieved by using an active load as opposed to a passive load, showcasing numerical examples that demonstrate the cascode amplifier's advantages in various configurations. The chapter concludes with an overview of how cascode structures can significantly improve gain while maintaining input capacitance efficiency in both BJT and MOSFET applications.
Chapter 66
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers : Amplifier With Active Load (Part A)
The chapter delves into the functionalities and advantages of amplifiers with active loads, specifically focusing on common emitter and common source amplifiers. It explains the limitations of traditional amplifiers using passive loads, particularly the voltage gain constraints, and introduces techniques to enhance gain through active loads. The discussion includes circuit analysis, operational characteristics, and design considerations for achieving improved performance in analog electronic circuits.
Chapter 67
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers : Amplifier With Active Load (Part B)
The chapter discusses the operation and analysis of multi-transistor amplifiers with active load, focusing on common source and common emitter configurations. It highlights the implications of using active loads on voltage gain and output resistance compared to passive loads. In-depth examples illustrate how these configurations enhance circuit performance and maintain operational stability.
Chapter 67
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers : Amplifier With Active Load (Part B)
The chapter covers the fundamentals of active loads in common emitter and common source amplifiers, focusing on improving voltage gain and managing feedback effects. It highlights how the operating point can be easily achieved by employing specific circuits while ensuring that unintended gain reduction is mitigated through bypass capacitors. The analysis includes practical circuits and their impact on output resistance and overall amplifier performance.
Chapter 68
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers : Amplifier With Active Load (Contd.) –Numerical Examples (Part A)
The chapter covers multi-transistor amplifiers with active loads, focusing on understanding numerical examples and inherent design guidelines. Key aspects include analyzing the operation of BJT and MOSFET versions of CE amplifiers, calculating small signal parameters, and observing the effects of various load configurations on amplifier performance. A comparative analysis highlights the advantages of using active loads in terms of gain and bandwidth when present alongside passive loads.
Chapter 69
Multi-Transistor Amplifiers : Amplifier With Active Load (Contd.) –Numerical Examples (Part B)
The chapter focuses on the common emitter (CE) amplifier with active loads and aims to highlight stability issues related to varying transistor parameters. It presents numerical examples comparing the performance of CE amplifiers with both active and passive loads, emphasizing the implications of changing early voltage and beta value on circuit stability and output characteristics. Solutions to enhance stability through negative feedback are also discussed.
Chapter 70
Single - ended Vs. Differential Signaling and Basic Model of a Differential Amplifier
The chapter provides a comprehensive overview of single-ended versus differential signaling along with an introduction to the basic model of a differential amplifier. It highlights the differences in operation and configuration between single-ended and differential amplifiers while discussing circuit activation, signal feeding techniques, and the importance of differential signal pairs. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the components of differential signaling, including differential mode signals and common mode signals, as well as the mathematical relationships among them.
Chapter 71
Single - ended Vs. Differential Signaling and Basic Model of a Differential Amplifier(Contd.)
The chapter discusses the concepts of single-ended and differential signaling, highlighting the importance of differentiating between common mode and differential signals in amplifiers. It also covers the operational principles and modeling of differential amplifiers, emphasizing the significance of differential mode gain and common mode gain in achieving desired output characteristics. Lastly, it touches on the mathematical representation of these gains and their implications for signal processing.
Chapter 72
Single - ended Vs. Differential Signaling and Basic Model of a Differential Amplifier(Contd.)
The chapter focuses on the principles of single-ended and differential signaling, particularly emphasizing the functionality of differential amplifiers. It highlights performance metrics such as differential mode gain, common mode gain, and strategies for effectively suppressing unwanted common mode signals while amplifying desired differential signals. Additionally, various numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the concepts discussed, further underscoring the differential amplifier's vital role in electronic circuits.
Chapter 73
Single - ended Vs. Differential Signaling and Basic Model of a Differential Amplifier(Contd.)
This chapter explores the operation of differential amplifiers, discussing their key parameters such as differential mode gain, common mode gain, and their impacts on signal outputs. It emphasizes the significance of managing common mode signals to enhance the purity of the desired differential signal output. Practical implications of designing circuits with minimal unwanted common mode components are also covered.
Chapter 74
Single - ended Vs. Differential Signaling and Basic Model of a Differential Amplifier(Contd.)
Differential amplifiers are essential for enhancing signal quality by suppressing common mode noise while amplifying differential signals. The chapter discusses the purpose and need for differential signaling, highlighting situations where common ground differences can corrupt signals. It explores various differential amplifier configurations, emphasizing the importance of differential mode gain and common mode gain in achieving effective signal processing.
Chapter 75
Differential Amplifier : Basic Structure and Principle of Operation
The chapter delves into the fundamentals of differential amplifiers, covering their basic structure, operating principles, and key parameters such as differential mode gain and common mode gain. It highlights the importance of transistor realizations, both BJT and MOSFET, and discusses various configurations that enhance performance. Characterization techniques to determine gain values and the conditions necessary for ideal operation are also explored.