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Loaded BJT Amplifier With Capacitors That Affect The Low-Frequency Response. Determining The Effect of C On The Low - Frequency Response

This document discusses the low-frequency response of a BJT amplifier circuit with capacitors. It establishes that the RC configuration for analyzing the effect of the capacitor Cs matches another common RC network configuration. It then derives an equation for the cutoff frequency defined by Cs, showing that this frequency fLs is equal to 1/(2πR1C1). At this cutoff frequency, the voltage Vb will be 70.7% of its midband value if Cs is the only controlling capacitive element.

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Loaded BJT Amplifier With Capacitors That Affect The Low-Frequency Response. Determining The Effect of C On The Low - Frequency Response

This document discusses the low-frequency response of a BJT amplifier circuit with capacitors. It establishes that the RC configuration for analyzing the effect of the capacitor Cs matches another common RC network configuration. It then derives an equation for the cutoff frequency defined by Cs, showing that this frequency fLs is equal to 1/(2πR1C1). At this cutoff frequency, the voltage Vb will be 70.7% of its midband value if Cs is the only controlling capacitive element.

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Cs Because Cs is normally connected between the applied source and the active device,

the general form of the RC configuration is established by the network of Fig. 9.26, matching that of Fig. 9.16 with Ri = R1 R2 bre.

LOW-FREQUENCY 565
RESPONSEBJT
AMPLIFIER WITH R L

VCC

RC
R1

CC
Vo

Cs
Vi

Vi

Cs
RL

Vb

Ri

R2
CE

RE
Zi

Ri = R1 R2 re

FIG. 9.25
Loaded BJT amplifier with capacitors that affect the lowfrequency response.

FIG. 9.26
Determining the effect of Cs on the lowfrequency response.

Applying the voltage-divider rule:


Vb =

RiVi
Ri - jXCs

(9.29)

The cutoff frequency defined by Cs can be determined by manipulating the above equation into a standard form or simply using the results of Section 9.6. As a verification of the
results of Section 9.6 the manipulation process is defined in detail below. For future RC
networks, the results of Section 9.6 will simply be applied.
Rewriting Eq. (9.29):
Vb
Ri
1
=
=
Xcs
Vi
Ri - jXCs
1 - j
Ri
The factor
Xcs
1
1
1
= a
ba b =
Ri
2pfCs Ri
2pfRiCs

Defining

we have

Vb

System

1
2pRiCs

(9.30)

Vb
1
=
Vi
1 - j( fLs >f )

(9.31)

fLs =

Av =

At fLs the voltage Vb will be 70.7% of the mid band value assuming Cs is the only capacitive
element controlling the low-frequency response.
For the network of Fig. 9.25, when we analyze the effects of Cs we must make the assumption that CE and CC are performing their designed function or the analysis becomes
too unwieldy, that is, that the magnitudes of the reactances of CE and CC permit employing
a short-circuit equivalent in comparison to the magnitude of the other series impedances.

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