American International University- Bangladesh (AIUB)

Faculty of Engineering (EEE)

Course Name: Analog Electronics Lab Course Code: EEE 2210

Semester: Spring 2021-22 Sec: C
Experiment No 8

Experiment Name Study of MOSFET Differential Amplifier

Group No. 1 Submission Date: 11.04.22

Sl. Student ID: Student Name:

1. 19-39418-1 MD. RASHEDUL HASAN BHUIYAN
2. 19-39512-1 FOISAL AHMED
3. 19-40433-1 JUNIED MOHAMMED TAZRIAN
4. 19-39344-1 QUAZI FARHAN AMER
5. 19-39311-1 SHAHARIA MUNMUN
6. 19-39450-1 TAZNIM BIN AHMED

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Title:
Study of MOSFET Differential Amplifier
Objective:
The objective of this experiment is to investigate common mode voltage gain and differential mode
voltage gain of the simple differential amplifier using enhancement mode NMOS transistors.

Introduction:
The development of differential amplifiers is one of the most popular applications of MOSFETs
in analog circuits. The MOSFET is by far the most common transistor in both digital and analog
circuits, and it serves as the foundation of contemporary electronics. The latter are utilized as input
stages in operational amplifiers, video amplifiers, high-speed comparators, and a variety of other
analog-based circuits. MOSFET differential amplifiers are utilized in integrated circuits such as
operational amplifiers because they have a high input impedance. To avoid imbalances from one
side of the differential amplifier to the other, a correctly constructed differential amplifier with its
current-mirror biasing stages is manufactured from matched-pair components.

Theory:
A differential amplifier's general architecture is seen below. Passive series components link two
active devices to a positive voltage source. A matching pair of transistors is required (i.e., two
matched MOSFETs or two matched BJTs). The "pull up" loads are also closely matched. To
modify the bias, the bottom terminals of the active devices are linked together, and a dc current
generator draws current down toward the lower voltage bus. The devices' controlling input ports
are linked to input signals.

Figure 1: General topology of a differential amplifier

If the input signals are designated v1 and v2, they can be decomposed into two linear
combinations, one called the differential mode, and the other the common mode. The differential
mode is defined by the following equation:
v𝑖d𝑚 = 𝑣1 −𝑣2
Similarly, the common mode, equal to the average value of the signals, is defined by:
𝑣𝑖c𝑚 = 𝑣1 + 𝑣2 /2
These definitions allow the actual input signals v1 and v2 to be expressed as linear combinations
of their differential and common modes:

Because the small-signal model of the amplifier is linear, its total response will be equal to the
superposition of its responses to, respectively, the differential and common modes of the input
signals.

Apparatus:
MOSFET 2N7000 : 2 pc(s)
OpAmp 741 : 1 pc(s)
Potentiometer 200Ω : 2 pc(s)
Resistor 100 Ω : 3 pc(s)
Resistor 20 Ω : 1 pc(s)

Circuit Diagram:
Hardware Implementation
Part 1: DC Biasing

Figure 4: Differential amplifier schematic.

Figure 5: Adjusting the potentiometer until Ibias about 80 mA.

Figure 6: Measuring VD1, VD2 and VS1, VS2.

Hardware Results:
1. DC Biasing:
VD1 = 6.23 V VD2 = 5.55 V VS1 = 2.87 V VS2 = 2.87 V

Simulation:

Figure 7: DC Biasing measurement

Figure 8: Common mode voltage measurement

 Figure 9: Output sinusoidal wave and differential voltage gain measurement

Simulation result:
1. Common mode voltage gain measurement: Acm = 0.2mv/500mv=0.004
2. Differential voltage gain measurement: Ad =1.346v/500mv =2.6

Discussion and Conclusions:

The experiment was about MOSFET Differential Amplifier. At first, the oscilloscope was
calibrated properly. Then there was two parts of that circuit. First Differential amplifier circuit was
implemented according to the figure. First 6V V DD was given and potentiometer was adjusted
until I bias about 80 mA. Then 1khz frequency was given by function generator and the peak-to-
peak value was fixed at 500mV. Then the output wave was observed from oscilloscope and
calculated the common mode voltage gain. The simulation was also done of this experiment. There
was some problem like op-amp and oscilloscope was not working properly. After solving problem
the experiment was done successfully. For this experiment one should know about differential
amplifier and use of op-amp.

Reference(s):
1. A.S. Sedra, K.C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, Oxford University Press, 5th Edition.
2. Jaeger, R. C., Blalock, T. N., Microelectronic Circuit Design, McGraw-Hill, 2007, Ch. 15
3. Baker, R. J., CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Third Ed, John Wiley &
Sons, 2010, Ch. 5.
4. Hastings, R. A., The Art of Analog Layout, Second Ed., Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.
5. P. Horowitz, W. Hill, The Art of Electronics, Cambridge University Press (1989)