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BJT is a current controlled device and FET is a voltage controlled device

TransistorConfigurationComparisonChart
AMPLIFIER TYPE
INPUT/OUTPUT
PHASE RELATIONSHIP

COMMON BASE

COMMON EMITTER

COMMON EMITTER
(Emitter Resistor)

COMMON COLLECTOR
(Emitter Follower)

180

180

HIGH

MEDIUM

MEDIUM

LOW

VOLTAGE GAIN

CURRENT GAIN

POWER GAIN
INPUT RESISTANCE

LOW

MEDIUM

MEDIUM

HIGH

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

MEDIUM

LOW

MEDIUM

MEDIUM

HIGH

HIGH

MEDIUM

MEDIUM

LOW

OUTPUT RESISTANCE

The bandwidth of the common-emitter amplifier tends to be low due to high capacitance resulting from the Miller effect.

COMMONSOURCE (b/c high input resistance) COMMON EMITTER(Emitter Resistor) (b/c medium input resistance for good coupling with MOSFET and has
high power gain) intermediate amp if need be COMMON COLLECTOR(Emitter Follower) (b/c low output resistance to directly couple to 8ohm speaker)

AMPLIFIER TYPE

INPUT/OUTPUT
PHASE RELATIONSHIP

commonsource
(CS)
Input and output
are out of phase due
to negative gain

VOLTAGE GAIN

HIGH

CURRENT GAIN

HIGH

commonsource (CS) with a

source resistance

commongate (CG)

commoncollector (CD)

Inputandoutputarein
phaseduetopositivegain
HIGH
AsingleCGstageisnot
suitableforvoltage
amplification

Thevoltagegainislessthanbutcan
becloseto1
CDamplifiercanbeusedasvoltage
buffer

POWER GAIN

INPUT RESISTANCE

HIGH

LOW

HIGH

OUTPUT RESISTANCE

MEDIUM-HIGH

MEDIUM-HIGH

LOW