Electronic Devices and Circuits: Unit II: Amplifiers

MOSFET Common Drain (Source Follower) Amplifier

The input signal is fed at the gate similar to the common source amplifier. The signal output is taken at the source terminal.

MOSFET COMMON DRAIN (SOURCE FOLLOWER) AMPLIFIER

The input signal is fed at the gate similar to the common source amplifier. The signal output is taken at the source terminal. The source follower using MOSFET is shown in the Fig. 2.26.


The small equivalent circuit for source follower MOSFET is shown in Fig 2.27.


Input Impedance

With VS = 0 and ig = 0, the input impedance can be written as

Rm = RG

Output Impedance

The output impedance is given by


Voltage Gain

The output voltage is given by


The input voltage is obtained using voltage division as



Therefore it is called source follower

Current Gain

The short circuit small-signal AC current gain can be determined as follows, let ig = 0

Properties

i. Non-inverting amplifier

ii. Very large input impedance

iii. Small output impedance

iv. Voltage gain AV ≤ 1

v. Large small-signal current gain

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