Multistage Amplifiers

SUBJECT: EDC
INTRODUCTION TO MULTISTAGE
AMPLIFIERS
PARVINDER SINGH, RPC,

RAILMAJRA
Multistage Amplifiers
Two or more amplifiers can be connected to increase the
gain of an ac signal. The overall gain can be calculated by
simply multiplying each gain together.
A’v = Av1Av2Av3 ……
Introduction
 Many applications cannot be handle with single-
transistor amplifiers in order to meet the specification
of a given amplification factor, input resistance and
output resistance
 As a solution – transistor amplifier circuits can be

connected in series or cascaded amplifiers
 This can be done either to increase the overall small-

signal voltage gain or provide an overall voltage gain
greater than 1 with a very low output resistance
Multistage Amplifiers
Multi-stage amplifiers are amplifier circuits cascaded to
increased gain. We can express gain in decibels(dB).
Two or more amplifiers can be connected to increase the gain of
an ac signal. The overall gain can be calculated by simply
multiplying each gain together.
A’v = Av1Av2Av3 ……
Example
Find Vout
Vin = 5 mV
Av1 = 5 Av2 = 10 Av3 = 6 Avn = 8

Multistage Amplifier Cutoff
Frequencies and Bandwidth
 When amplifiers having equal cutoff frequencies are cascaded,
the cutoff frequencies and bandwidth of the multistage circuit
are found using
f C 2 (T )  f C 2 21/ n  1
f C1
f C1(T ) 
21/ n  1
BW  f C 2(T )  f C1(T )
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Introduction (cont.)
 Multistage amplifier configuration:
RL
Rc1 R1
RB Rc2 Vo
Q2
Q2
R2
Vi Q1
Vi Q1
R3
Cascade /RC coupling

Vo
Cascode
T
Q2
R1
R1 R2
Vo
Vi Q1
Q2
Vi
Q1
Transformer coupling Darlington/Direct coupling

i) Cascade Connection
-The most widely used method
-Coupling a signal from one stage to the another
stage and block dc voltage from one stage to
the another stage
-The signal developed across the collector
resistor of each stage is coupled into
the base of the next stage
-The overall gain = product of the
individual gain
**refer page 219

i) Cascade Connection (cont.)
 small signal gain is:
by determine the voltage gain at stages 1 & stage 2
AV  AV 1 AV 2
therefore
Vo Ri
AV   g m1 g m 2 ( RC1 // r 2 )( RC 2 // RL )( )
VS Ri  RS
- the gain in dB
AV ( dB )  20 log( AV )
 input resistance
Ris  R1 // R2 // r 1
Output resistance
- assume VS  0 ,so V 1  V 2  0 also g m1V 1  g mV 2  0
Therefore
R0  RC 2
Exercise 1:
Draw the ac equivalent circuit and calculate the voltage gain, input
resistance and output resistance for the cascade BJT amplifier in
above Figure. Let the parameters are:
VCC  20V ,  Q1   Q 2  200,VBE (ON )  0.7V , r0  

R1  R3  15k, R2  R4  4.7k, RC1  RC 2  2.2k, RE1  R E 2  1k
Solution 1 (cont.):
Ri
B1 C1 B2 R0
C2
Vi
RC1  RC 2 V0

RB1 r 1 V 2 r 2
V 1 RB 2
 R1 // R2 g m1V 1 
  R3 // R4 g m 2V 2
E1 E2
Ac equivalent circuit for cascade amplifier

Solution 1:
DC analysis:
At Q1:
I BQ1  19.89A
I CQ1  3.979mA
At Q2:
I BQ 2  19.89 A
I CQ 2  3.979mA
Why the Q-point values same for both
AC analysis:
Q1 & Q2 ?
At Q1:
r 1  1.307k
g m1  0.153S
At Q2:
r 2  1.307k
g m 2  0.153S
Solution 1 (cont.):
From the ac equivalent circuit:
At Q1, the voltage gain is:
V0Q1
AVQ1    g m ( RC1 // Ri 2 )
Vi
Where V0Q1 is the o/p voltage looking to the Q1 transistor
and Ri 2 is the i/p resistance looking into Q2 transistor
Therefore
Ri 2  RB 2 // r 2  15k // 4.7k // 1.307k  957.36
The voltage gain at Q1 is:
AVQ1  0.153(2.2k // 957.36)  102.06

Solution 1 (cont.):
At Q2, the voltage gain is:
V0
AVQ 2    g m ( RC 2 )
ViQ 2
Where ViQ 2 is the i/p voltage looking into the Q2 transistor
Therefore, the voltage gain at Q2 is:
AVQ 2  0.153(2.2k )  336.6

The overall gain is then,
AV  AVQ1 AVQ 2  (102.06)(336.6)  34,353

** The large overall gain can be produced by multistage amplifiers!!
So, the main function of cascade stage is to provided the larger overall gain
Solution 1 (cont.):
The i/p resistance is:
Ri  R1 // R2 // r 1  15k // 4.7k // 1.307 k

 957.36
The o/p resistance is:
Ro  RC 2  2.2k
ii) Cascode Connection
-A cascode connection has one transistor on top of (in series with) another
-The i/p into a C-E amp. (Q1) is, which drives a C-B amp. (Q2)
-The o/p signal current of Q1 is the i/p signal of Q2
-The advantage: provide a high i/p impedance with low voltage gain to
ensure the i/p Miller capacitance is at a min. with the C-B stage providing good
high freq. operation
**refer page 223

ii) Cascode Connection (cont.)
From the small equivalent circuit, since the capacitors act as short circuit,
by KCL equation at E2:
V 2
g m1V 1   g m 2V 2
r 2
solving for voltage V 2
 r 
V 2    2  g m1VS 
 1  2 
Where  2  g m 2 r 2
the output voltage is
Vo  ( g m 2V 2 )( RC // RL )
or
 r 2 
Vo   g m1 g m 2   RC // RL )VS 
 1  2 
ii) Cascode Connection (cont.)
Therefore the small signal voltage gain:
V0  r 2 
AV    g m1 g m 2   RC // RL 
VS  1  2 
From above equation shows that:
 r 2  2
g m 2    1
 1  2  1  2
So, the cascode gain is the approximately
AV   g m1  RC // RL 
* The gain same as a single-stage C-E amplifier

iii) Darlington Connection
-The main feature is that the composite transistor acts as a single unit with a
current gain that is the product of the current gains of the individual transistors
-Provide high current gain than a single BJT
-The connection is made using two separate transistors having current gains of
and
1 2
So, the current gain
 D  1  2
If 1   2  
The Darlington connection
provides a current gain of
D   2
Figure 1: Darlington transistor

iii) Darlington Connection (cont.)
 Figure shown a Darlington configuration
refer page 222

 The small current gain Ai  I o / I i :
Since
V 1  I i r 1
Therefore
g m1V 1  g m1 r 1 I i   1 I i
Then,
V 2  ( I i   1 I i )r 2
The o/p current is:
I 0  g m1V 1  g m 2V 2  1 I i   2 (1  1 ) I i
The overall gain is:
I0
Ai    1   2 (1   1 )  1  2
Ii
** The overall small-signal current gain = the product of the individual
current gains
 The input resistance:
Known that:
Vi  V 1  V 2  I i r 1  I i (1  1 )r 2
So, the i/p resistance is:
Ri  r 1  (1  1 )r 2
The base of Q2 is connnected to the emitter of Q1, which means that the i/p
resistance to Q2 is multiplied by the factor (1   1 ) , as we saw in
circuits with emitter resistor.
1VT I CQ 2
So, we can write: r  and I CQ1 
I CQ1 2
  2VT 
Therefore r 1  1    1 r 2
I 
 CQ 2 
The i/p resistance is then approximately
Ri  2  1 r 2
**The i/p resistance tends to be large because of the  multiplication

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SUBJECT: EDC

PARVINDER SINGH, RPC,

 As a solution – transistor amplifier circuits can be

 This can be done either to increase the overall small-

Av1 = 5 Av2 = 10 Av3 = 6 Avn = 8

Cascade /RC coupling

Transformer coupling Darlington/Direct coupling

**refer page 219

VCC  20V ,  Q1   Q 2  200,VBE (ON )  0.7V , r0  

Ac equivalent circuit for cascade amplifier

and Ri 2 is the i/p resistance looking into Q2 transistor

Ri 2  RB 2 // r 2  15k // 4.7k // 1.307k  957.36

The voltage gain at Q1 is:

AVQ1  0.153(2.2k // 957.36)  102.06

Therefore, the voltage gain at Q2 is:

AVQ 2  0.153(2.2k )  336.6

AV  AVQ1 AVQ 2  (102.06)(336.6)  34,353

The i/p resistance is:

Ri  R1 // R2 // r 1  15k // 4.7k // 1.307 k

**refer page 223

* The gain same as a single-stage C-E amplifier

Figure 1: Darlington transistor

refer page 222

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