BIT Multistage Amplifiers

NIT n t.IE Vini

Rina
ti
sq Aocz u
grin Vine

Stage1 Stage 2

K Aoc x Aocz x
piking
Rina
Rina Rout
Re
Ret Routz

Aoc and Aocz are the open circuit no load voltage gains of the
stages
The resistive divisionsrepresent the loading effects

Cascade of two CE amplifiers

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Dc Analysis

I
v
Ry Q2
Tht
j
Va
g
wz IB
p
ove
R2 t.sk

Iv

Thevenin resistances and voltages are

RTH Ri I R2 1001150 33.3 k

5 10
WTH 10
É 5 5 1.67 V

Kirchhoff's voltage law equationaround the B Eloopof a is

VTH IBIRTH t VBECon IE REI 5

IE Bti IBI

IB 1.67 0.7 5 11.2 Ma Ic 1.12mA

33.3 101 2
IE L 13mA

Summing the currents at thecollector of Qi we obtain

IRI I B2 Ia
521 I B2 Ice C 5 47
 The base current IB 2 can be written interms of the emitter current Ies

as follows

I B2 5 Vez 5 Va to C 5.48
I Itis Rez Hp Rez

Substituting Equation 5,487 into 5.47 we obtain

5 Uci to 7
5z ite Rez
ICI 1.12mA

Vci O 482V

Then
IR 5 L 482
g 1.10 MA

To find Vez we have

Vez Vat VEB con 0.482 0.7 0.2180

The emitter current IE is

IE 50 2.39 ma
2218

Then
Ice 1
BIT Ies 2139 2.37 ma

and
I B2 IEZ 2
1 13 1037 23.7mA
The remaining nodal voltages are

IE REI 5 2.74 V E K Vel 2 zou

VEI
VEC2 Vez Vez 1 67 V
K2 Ica Raz g 1 us

ACAnalysis

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I Rt
yo
o o

RilR2 rn IT Fgm
Vit Re ritz
IT Tygmovitz Rcr

g
Small signalequivalentcircuitof thecascade

We may start the analysis at the output and work back to the input or start

at the input and work toward the output

The small signalvoltagegainis

Av r
If gmigma Ra T2 Ra Ra
RFIRs

The inputresistanceof theamplifieris

Ri Ri Il Rall rit

which is identicalto that of a singlestage common emitter amplifier Similarly

terminals is Ro Rez To determine
the output resistance lookingback into theoutput
independent source us is set equalto zero which means
the outputresistance the
Vitz o and gmzvit 2 0 theoutput
that Viti o Then mi viti o whichgives
g
same as the outputresistance of a
resistance is therefore Roz Again this is the
single stage common emitteramplifier