ESC201A: Assignment VIII

Date: 17th March, 2015.

Problem 1. Find the Q point (ID, VDS) for the given NMOS. Given: VT = 1 V,
W
=
K n =
25 A/V 2 .
0 C0 x
L

R2 = 1.5 M

RD = 75 k
D

VDD 10V
S

R1 = 1 M
RS = 39 k

Fig. 1
Problem 2. Find ID, VDS and VGS for the NMOS circuit shown below in Fig. 2. Given: VT = 1
V, Kn = 260 A/V2.

RD = 10 k

ID

RG = 2 M

VDD 3.3 V

VDS

IG
VGS

Fig. 2

Problem 3. Find the operating point of the NMOS shown in Fig. 3. Given: VT = 1 V, Kn = 250
A/V2.

RD = 1.6 k
ID
VDD 4 V

IG
VDS
VGS

Fig. 3
Problem 4: Consider the common source amplifier shown in Fig. 4. The transistor
parameters are: = 1.5 V , = 1 mA/V 2 and VA = 100 V . The resistance of source is
= 4 k. Determine: a) Small signal voltage gain .
b) Output resistance of the amplifier.
c) Input resistance of the amplifier.

+10 V

70.9 k

R1

RD

5 k

vo
4 k

RS

vs

29.1 k

R2

Fig. 4

Problem 5: The circuit shown in Fig.5 is to be used as a current amplifier with = 20.
Assuming the op-amp to be ideal, determine the required value of . If = 1 k and the
op-amp output voltage is 12 V, determine the value of .

10 k

RL

iL

iI

vo

_
+

Fig 5
Problem 6: For the circuit shown in Fig. 6, determine the current through the load resistance,
R L = 1K ohm . The applied voltage is Vs = 1Volt .

100 K
+VCC

10 K

RL=1K

Vo

+
Vs=1 V

-VEE

Fig. 6

VA
IL

10 K

Problem 7: Show that the circuit shown in Fig. 7 acts as a difference amplifier, i.e.
=
V0 K (V2 V1 ) . Find K .

R1

R2

R2

-VE
P

VA
V1

-VE

R1

V0

+VC

V2

+VC

Fig. 7
Problem 8: Calculate the output voltage V0 , in the circuit shown in Fig. 8.

100 k
V1 =0.1 V

VA 20 k
Vo
20 k

10 k

400 k

VB

Fig. 8