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Eletronics Lab Report - Current Mirror

EGR220 Than Lab Design Project Introduction and Objectives Since common gate MOSFET amplifiers are popular in design cascode circuit and current follower, it is important to know the configuration of common gate MOSFET. Moreover, in IC design, active load (constant current source) are really useful. Therefore, in this lab, we were instructed to measure and analyze the common gate configurations of the MOSFET amplifier to determine the voltage gain, input resistance and output resistance by us

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Eletronics Lab Report - Current Mirror

EGR220 Than Lab Design Project Introduction and Objectives Since common gate MOSFET amplifiers are popular in design cascode circuit and current follower, it is important to know the configuration of common gate MOSFET. Moreover, in IC design, active load (constant current source) are really useful. Therefore, in this lab, we were instructed to measure and analyze the common gate configurations of the MOSFET amplifier to determine the voltage gain, input resistance and output resistance by us

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EGR220 Than Lab Design Project

Introduction and Objectives We connected the circuit as in figure 1. According


to lab instructions, we gave VDD = 10V. Then, we
Since common gate MOSFET amplifiers are popular adjusted RREF until we got Io = 1.5mA. Then, we
in design cascode circuit and current follower, it is measured IREF. We found that IREF = 1.23, which is
important to know the configuration of common gate less than Io. Therefore, the ratio of Io/IREF = 1.23 ≠
MOSFET. Moreover, in IC design, active load 1. From that, we could conclude that the
(constant current source) are really useful. Therefore, transistors Q1 and Q2 are not equal.
in this lab, we were instructed to measure and analyze
the common gate configurations of the MOSFET
Active Load usually refers to the constant current
amplifier to determine the voltage gain, input
resistance and output resistance by using active load. source used in place of resistor. In IC (Integrated
The primary objectives of this lab are: Circuit), resistors are usually difficult to fabricate.
By using two P-MOS transistors, current mirror
1. To analyze and understand current mirror circuit can be easily built, and it can be used as a
circuit with P-MOS constant current source in place of resistors. This
2. To be able to set up biasing with active load is one of the reason why active load are useful. In
3. To be able to analyze the voltage gain, input addition to that, by adjusting IREF, we can easily
resistance and output resistance of Common control the current fed into the amplifier.
Gate Amplifier
Procedure 2: DC Biasing CG Amplifier with
Equipments and Components used Active Load
In this lab, the equipments and components we used
are:- Transistor: CD4007CN (x2) Resistors: 10kΩ
potentiometer, 1KΩ resistor, a breadboard, a waveform
generator, ±20V power supply, a multi-meter, wires
and cords.

Procedures
Procedure 1: Analyzing Current Mirror
Circuit

Figure 2 : Biasing the CG amplifier

We set I = 1.5mA by giving Vbias = 6V and


adjusting RREF. Then, we set Vbias = 0V. When
Vbias = 0V, I = 0A. We gradually increased Vbias
until we got I = 10μA. From our measurement
VTN = 2.9V. Then, we set Vbias = 6V again, and
measured Vo. We found Vo = 3.10V. VD = Vo – IRs
= 3.1 – 1.5 = 1.6. VGS = 6 – 1.5 = 4.5V. VDS = VGS
Figure 1: Current Mirror Circuit
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- VTN = 1.6V. Therefore, the amplifier could


operate in saturation region.

Procedure 3: Small Signal Analysis of CG


Amplifier

Figure 4: Voltage Gain

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Figure 5: Voltage Gain (Closer View)
In small signal analysis, we can ignore the bias
point. In the circuit, since Body was not From the screen image, we found that the overall
connected to Source, the body effect on small voltage gain ≈ 10V/V. Therefore, our
signal would be taken into account. measurement was close enough to our calculation.
The difference might be due to the fact that the
gm = 2I/(VGS – VTN) = 0.00187 resistance of oscilloscope is not infinite although
it is very large enough to assume that it is infinite.
gmb = χgm = 0.00037
In order to measure output resistance, we removed
ro = VA/I = 6.67KΩ. the current source and grounded VG and VI, and
provided VO = 1V. We measured IO, which was
Therefore, input resistance (assume RL = ∞) 0.2mA. Therefore, we calculated Rout = VO/IO =
25KΩ, which was close enough to our
Rin = (ro + RL ) / (1 + (gm + gmb)ro) = ∞ calculations in the prelab.
GV= GVO = (1 + (gm + gmb)ro) =16.13 V/V Another thing to note is that the output signal is
not inverted. Therefore, CG amplification is non-
Rout = ro + [(1 + (gm + gmb)ro)]Rs = 22.8KΩ inverting. Although CG provides high voltage
gain, the current gain is almost unity.
Gis = Gvo (Rs/Rout) = 0.707
When we gave input signal = 1Vpp Sine Wave,

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we found the the output signal was clip off. That


was expected.

Figure 6: Output Signal was clip off

From our pre-calculation, the maximum input


signal swing was ±427mV.

Discussion
We found that in common gate circuit, the input
resistance is greater than output resistance, and the
voltage gain is very high, almost 10 times. However,
the current gain is unity. That's why common gate
circuit are popular for current follower circuit and
cascode circuits. Unlike, common source, common
gate is non-inverting.

References
[1] Sedra, Adel S., and Smith. Kenneth C. “Microelectronics
Circuits”. 5th. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

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