Analog Circuits-Practice Questions (4/9/2024)
1.) An NMOS amplifier is to be designed to provide 10-V peak output signal
across a 20-kΩ load that can be used as a drain resistor. If a gain of at least 10
V/V is needed, what gm is required ? Using a dc supply of 1.8 V. what values of
ID and Vov would you choose? What W/L. ratio is required if μnCox= 200 μA/V2 ?
If Vt = 0.4 V, find VGS .
2.) Calculate the overall voltage gain of a CS amplifier fed with a 1-MΩ source
and connected to a 10-kΩ load. The MOSFET has gm mA/V, and a drain
resistance RD = 10 kΩ is utilized.
3.) A CS amplifier utilizes a MOSFET with µnCox = 400 µA/V2 and W/L= 10. It is
biased at ID = 320 µA and uses The RD = 10kΩ Find Rin , Av and Ro Also, if a
load resistance of 10kΩ is connected to the output, what overall voltage gain Gv
is realized ? Now, if a 0.2-V peak sine-wave signal is required at the output,
what must the peak amplitude of vsig be ?
4.) A common-source amplifier utilizes a MOSFET operated at Vov = 0.25 V. The
amplifier feeds a load resistance RL = 15 kΩ. The designer selects RD = 2RL. If
it is required to realize an overall voltage gain GV of -10 V/V what gm is needed?
Also specify the bias current ID. If, to increase the output signal swing, RD is
reduced to RD = RL, what does GV become?
5.) Consider an NMOS transistor having kn=10mA/V2 .Let the transistor be biased
at Vov=0.2V. For operation in saturation, what DC bias current ID results? If a
0.02-V signal is superimposed on VGS, find the corresponding increment in
collector current by evaluating the total collector current iD and subtracting the
DC bias current ID. Repeat for a -0.02 V signal. Use these results to estimate
gm.
