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Common Collector Amplifier

The common collector (CC) amplifier has the collector connected to ground, providing high input resistance and current gain. It has a voltage gain close to 1, no phase inversion from input to output, and the output voltage closely follows the input in both amplitude and phase. The input resistance is approximately equal to the current gain multiplied by the parallel combination of the emitter resistor and any load resistor. The output resistance is very low and approximately equal to the source resistance divided by the current gain.

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Common Collector Amplifier

The common collector (CC) amplifier has the collector connected to ground, providing high input resistance and current gain. It has a voltage gain close to 1, no phase inversion from input to output, and the output voltage closely follows the input in both amplitude and phase. The input resistance is approximately equal to the current gain multiplied by the parallel combination of the emitter resistor and any load resistor. The output resistance is very low and approximately equal to the source resistance divided by the current gain.

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Common Collector amplifier:

: common-collector(CC) configuration has the collector as the common


The
terminal, or ground, to an ac signal. CC amplifiers exhibit high input
resistance and current gain. Its voltage gain is approximately 1.
Figure shows a common-
collector amplifier with a
voltage-divider bias circuit. The
input signal is capacitively
coupled to the base, the output
signal is capacitively coupled
from the emitter, and the
collector is at ac ground. There
is no phase inversion, and the
output is approximately the
same amplitude as the input.
Voltage Gain:
The voltage gain is represented by 𝐴𝑣 may be defined as “the ratio of ac
output voltage at the emitter terminal (𝑉𝑒 ) to ac input voltage at the base (𝑉𝑏 )”.
𝑉𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑉𝑒
𝐴𝑣 = = (1)
𝑉𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝑏

from the figure: 𝑉𝑒 =𝐼𝑒 𝑅𝑒 (2)


also 𝑉𝑏 = 𝑉𝑟𝑒∕ + 𝑉𝑒 = 𝐼𝑒 𝑟𝑒 ∕ + 𝐼𝑒 𝑅𝑒
⇒ 𝑉𝑏 = 𝐼𝑒 ( 𝑟𝑒 ∕ + 𝑅𝑒 ) (3)
Now putting the value of 𝑉𝑒 and 𝑉𝑏 from
equation (2) and (3) in equation (1).
𝐼𝑒 𝑅𝑒
𝐴𝑣 =
𝐼𝑒 ( 𝑟𝑒 ∕ + 𝑅𝑒 )
𝑅𝑒
= (4)
𝑟𝑒 ∕ +𝑅𝑒
where 𝑅𝑒 is the parallel combination of 𝑅𝐸 and 𝑅𝐿 . If there is no load, then
𝑅𝑒 = 𝑅𝐸 .
If 𝑅𝑒 ≫ 𝑟𝑒 ∕ then equation (4) implies that
𝐴𝑣 ≅1 (5)

Since the output voltage is at the emitter, it is in phase with the base voltage,
so there is no inversion from input to output. Because there is no inversion
and because the voltage gain is approximately 1, the output voltage closely
follows the input voltage in both phase and amplitude; thus the term emitter-
follow.
Input resistance at the Base:
𝑉𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝑏
𝑅𝑖𝑛(𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒) = = (6)
𝐼𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑏

𝐼𝑐
where 𝑉𝑏 = 𝐼𝑒 ( 𝑟𝑒 ∕ + 𝑅𝑒 ) and 𝛽𝑎𝑐 = since 𝐼𝑒 ≅ 𝐼𝑐 ⇒ 𝐼𝑒 =𝛽𝑎𝑐 𝐼𝑏
𝐼𝑏

Now putting the value of 𝑉𝑏 and 𝐼𝑒 in equation (6)


𝛽𝑎𝑐 𝐼𝑏 ( 𝑟𝑒 ∕ + 𝑅𝑒 )
𝑅𝑖𝑛(𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒) = ⇒
𝐼𝑏
𝑅𝑖𝑛(𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒) = 𝛽𝑎𝑐 (𝑟𝑒 ∕ + 𝑅𝑒 )
If 𝑅𝑒 ≫ 𝑟𝑒 ∕ ⇒ 𝑅𝑖𝑛(𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒) = 𝛽𝑎𝑐 𝑅𝑒 (7)
The bias resistors in Figure 1 in the first slide of this lecture appear in parallel with 𝑅𝑖𝑛(𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒) ,
looking from the input source; and just as in the common-emitter circuit, the total input
resistance is
𝑅𝑖𝑛(𝑡𝑜𝑡) = 𝑅1 ∥ 𝑅2 ∥ 𝑅𝑖𝑛(𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒) (8)
Output resistance:
𝑅𝑠
𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑡 ≅ ( ) ∥ 𝑅𝐸
𝛽𝑎𝑐
Where 𝑅𝑠 is the resistance of the source. This equation shows that the output
resistance 𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑡 of the common emitter amplifier is very low.

NOTE: The derivation of the above equation is beyond the scope of the
syllabus. However, the derivation (optional) is presented in the next two
slides.
Output resistance equation derivation (Optional):
The common emitter amplifier (emitter-follower) is represented by the
r- parameter ac equivalent circuit in Figure.
Current Gain:
The current gain (𝐴𝑖 ) from base to emitter is
𝐼𝑜𝑢𝑡
𝐴𝑖 =
𝐼𝑖𝑛
𝑉𝑖𝑛
Where 𝐼𝑖𝑛 = and 𝐼𝑖𝑛 =𝐼𝑒
𝑅𝑖𝑛(𝑡𝑜𝑡)

Power Gain:
The power gain (𝐴𝑝 ) of the CC-amplifier is the product of the voltage gain
and the current gain
𝐴𝑝 = 𝐴𝑣 𝐴𝑖
Since, 𝐴𝑣 ≅1 the total power gain is
𝐴𝑝 ≅ 𝐴𝑖
The power gain to the load is approximately equal to the current gain to the
load; current divider rule will be used to determine the load current.

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