FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors:

Equivalent Circuit – When an unbypassed source resistor (RS) is present in a FET Common Source Amplifier circuit, as shown in Fig.11-10(a), it also appears in the ac equivalent circuit, [Fig. 11-10(b)].

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

In the complete equivalent circuit RS must be shown connected between the FET source terminal and the circuit common input-output terminal, (Fig. 11-11). As with the previous equivalent circuit, the current directions and voltage polarities shown in Fig. 11-11 are those that occur when the instantaneous input voltage is positive-going. The presence of RS without a bypass capacitor significantly affects the circuit voltage gain.

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

Input Impedance:

An equation for the input impedance at the FET gate can be determined from vi and Ig. From Fig. 11-11,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

Equation 11-8 gives the input impedance at the FET gate terminal. The circuit input impedance is again given by,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

In this case, Zg is much larger than R1||R2, so the circuit input impedance is determined by the gate bias resistors.

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

Output Impedance:

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

To calculate the circuit output impedance, the ac signal voltage (vs) is assumed to be zero, and an ac voltage (vo) is applied at the output, (see Fig. 11-12(a)]. The ac output current (Id) is calculated in terms of vo, then Zo is determined as vo divided by Id. Figure 11-­12(a) shows that when vs is zero, the ac voltage across source resistor RS is applied as a gate-source voltage

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

Actually, IdRS is divided across rs||RG and Rgs. However, Rgs ≫rs || RG, so that all of IdRS is effectively applied as a gate-source voltage. The vgs produced in this way generates an ac drain current which opposes the drain current produced by vo,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

Converting the current generator [(Yfsvgs) in parallel with rd] to a voltage generator [(Yfsvgsrd) in series with rd] gives the equivalent circuit in Fig. 11-12(b). The equation for the voltage drops around this circuit is,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

The circuit output Impedance is,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

Because the output impedance at the FET drain terminal is much larger than the drain resistor (RD), the output impedance of the circuit with the unbypassed source resistor is still,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

Voltage Gain:

From the derivation of the input impedance equation,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

and neglecting rd,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

Usually,

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

The voltage gain of a FET Common Source Amplifier circuit with an unbypassed source resistor can be quickly estimated using Eq. 11­-11. For the circuit in Fig. 11-10(a), with RD = 4.7 kΩ, RS = 2.2 kΩ, and RL ≫ RD, Av ≈ -2.1.

Summary of Performance of CS Circuit with Unbypassed RS

FET Common Source Amplifier with Unbypassed Source Resistors

The most significant feature of the performance of a CS circuit with an unbypassed source resistor is that its voltage gain is much lower than that for a CS circuit with RS bypassed.