Assignment 3_FET Amplifiers
Assignment 3_FET Amplifiers
Assignment No 3
Q.No.1. Identify the type of FET and its bias arrangement in figure 1. Ideally what is VGS?
Q.No.2. Calculate the dc voltages from each terminal to ground for the JFET in figure 2.
Figure 1
Q.No.3. Identify each characteristic curve in figure 2 by the type of FET that it represents.
Figure 2
Q.No.4. In figure 3 ID = 2.83mA. find VDS and VGS. VGS(off) = -7V and IDSS = 8mA.
Q.No.5. If a 50mV rms input signal is applied to the amplifier in figure 3, what is the peal to peak output voltage?
gm = 5000µS.
Q.No.6. If 1500 Ω load is ac coupled to the output in figure 3, what is the resulting output voltage (rms) when a
50mV rms input is applied? gm = 5000µS.
Q.No.7. Determine the voltage gain of each common source amplifier in figure 4.
Q.No.8. Draw the ac and dc equivalent circuits for the amplifier in figure 5.
Q.No.9. Determine the drain in figure 5 given that IDSS = 12.7mA and VGS(off) = -4V. The Q-point is centered.
Q.No.11. A 4.7 KΩ resistor is connected in parallel with RL in figure 5. What is the voltage gain?
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5
Q.No.12. For a common source amplifier in figure 6, determine ID, VGS, VDS, for a centered Q-point. IDSS = 9mA
and VGS(off) = -3V.
Q.No.13. If a 10mV rms signal is applied to the input of the amplifier in figure 6, what is the rms value of the output
signal?
Figure 6
Q.No.14. Determine VGS, ID, VDS for the amplifier in figure 7. IDon is 8 mA at VGS 10 V, VGS(th) = 2.5 V, and gm =
3000µS.
Figure 7
Q.No.15. Determine Rin seen by the signal source in figure 8. IGSS = 25 nA at VGS = -15V.
Q.No.16. Determine the total drain voltage waveform (ac and dc) and the vout waveform in figure 9. gm = 4.8 mS,
and IDSS = 15 mA. Observe that VGS = 0V.
Figure 8
Figure 9
Q.No.17. For the unloaded amplifier in figure 10, find VGS, ID, VDS and the rms output voltage Vds. IDon = 8 mA at
VGS = 12V, VGS(th) = 4V, and gm = 4500S.
Figure 10
Q.No.18. For the Source Follower in figure 11, determine the voltage gain and the input resistance. I GSS = 50 pA at
VGS = -15V and gm = 5500 µS.
Q.No.19. If the JFET in figure 11, is replaced with one having gm = 3000 µS what are the gain and the input
resistance with all other conditions the same.
Figure 11
Q.No.21. Determine the voltage gain of each amplifier in figure 12, when capacitively coupled load is changed to 10
KΩ.
Figure 12
Q.No.22. A common gate amplifier has a gm = 4000 µS, and Rd 1.5 KΩ. What is its gain?
Q.No.24. Determine the voltage gain and input resistance of the common gate amplifier in figure 13.
Figure 13