64.5 - Input Capacitance and Frequency Response
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Practice Questions
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What is input capacitance and why is it important?
💡 Hint: Consider the time it takes for circuit response to change with input.
Define the Miller effect in amplifier circuits.
💡 Hint: Think about how amplifiers behave as gain changes.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What effect does increasing input capacitance have on an amplifier?
💡 Hint: Consider how different values affect performance.
The Miller effect primarily affects which of the following?
💡 Hint: What does gain do to input characteristics?
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Challenge Problems
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If you have a cascode amplifier with an input capacitance of 1035 pF and a load resistance of 10 MΩ, calculate the upper cutoff frequency.
💡 Hint: Remember your frequency response equations.
Discuss how you would design a cascode amplifier targeting high gain without significantly impacting bandwidth.
💡 Hint: Reflect on past design principles and circuit behavior.
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