Common Source Amplifier
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Results
b1s b0
A( s) 2 nd order
a2 s 2 a1s a0
(s Z )
A0
( s P1 )( s P2 )
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Miller’s Theorem
Z1 Z2
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s-DOMAIN ANALYSIS:
POLES, ZEROS AND
BODE PLOTS
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Transfer Function
T ( s ) Vo ( s ) Vi ( s )
Polinomial form :
am s m am 1s m 1 a0
T ( s)
s n bn 1s n 1 b0
Pole - Zero form :
T ( s ) am
s Z1 s Z 2 s Z m
s P1 s P2 s Pn
Z1 , Z 2 ,..., Z m Transfer function zeros
P1 , P2 ,..., Pn Transfer function poles
Zeros and Poles are conjugate pairs because a and b coefficien ts are real.
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Exercise
Find the transfer function of the following
circuit.
vo ( s) 1 CR1
T ( s)
vi ( s) s 1 C R1 // R2
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First order functions
General form
a1s a0
T ( s)
s 0
Low pass
a0
T ( s)
s 0
High pass
a1s
T ( s)
s 0
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Bode Plots
Developed by H. Bode
Approximated profile
Any pole or a zero is of the form s a
M agnitude response: sum of 20 log10 a 2 2
20 log10 1 a
2
Phase response: sum of tan 1 a
a corner frequency
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Bode Plots (cont…)
E.g.: Find the poles and zeros of the following transfer function and sketch the
magnitude of the gain vs. frequency.
10s
T ( s)
(1 s 102 )(1 s 105 )
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Bode Plot: Phase response
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Bode Plot: Phase response (cont…)
Phase response of the previous example
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AMPLIFIER TRANSFER
FUNCTION
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Common Profiles
DC Amplifiers Capacitor Coupled Amplifiers
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The Three Frequency Bands
In general
A( s) AM FL ( s) FH ( s)
where AM M id - band gain
FL ( s) Low frequency response
FH ( s) Low frequency response
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Low-Frequency Response
s Z 1 s Z 2 s Z
s P1 s P 2 s P
FL ( s ) nL
nL
s
if P1 then FL ( s) and L P1
s P1
dominant - pole approximation
the domina nt-pole ap proximatio n holds if the highe st-frequen cy pole is separated
from the neare st pole or zero by at least tw o octaves (i.e. a fa ctor of fo ur)
If FL ( s )
s Z 1 s Z 2 and dominant pole approximation does not hold,
s P1 s P 2
L P21 P2 2 2Z21 2Z2 2
This can be extended to any number of zeros and poles
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Low-Frequency Response (cont…)
s ( s 10)
E.g. : FL ( s )
( s 100)( s 25)
with dominant - pole approximation
L 100 rad / s
Better estimate :
L 100 2 252 2 10 2
102 rad / s
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High-Frequency Response
1 s Z 1 1 s Z 2 1 s Z
1 s P1 1 s P 2 1 s P
FH ( s ) nL
nL
1
if P1 then FH ( s ) and H P1
1 s P1
dominant - pole approximation
Otherwise
1 1 2 2
H 1
2
P1 2
P2 2
Z1 2
Z2
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High-Frequency Response (cont…)
1 s / 105
E.g. : FH ( s )
(1 s / 10 4 )(1 s / 4 10 4 )
with dominant - pole approximation
H 10 4 rad / s
Better estimate :
1 1 2
H 10
10 16 10 10
8 8
9800 rad / s
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