University of Toronto Final Exam Date - Dec 16, 013 Duration:.5 hrs ECE331 Electronic Circuits Lecturer - D. Johns ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THESE SHEETS USING BACKS IF NECESSARY 1. Equation sheet is on last page of test.. Unless otherwise stated, use transistor parameters on equation sheet and assume g m r o» 1. 3. Non-programmable calculator allowed; No other aids allowed 4. Grading indicated by [ ]. Attempt all questions since a blank answer will certainly get 0. Question Mark 1 3 First Name: Student #: 4 5 6 Total (max grade 36) page 1 of 10
[6] Question 1: Consider the circuit below where all transistors are in the active region. The numbers beside the transistors indicate the transistor width (in µm ). v s R S 10kΩ 0µA 1 V DD 8 3V All L 0.18µm v o a) Find the small-signal gain v o v s v o v s b) Estimate the 3db frequency cutoff, f 3dB. For C db values assume V db 0. f 3dB page of 10
[6] Question : 3µ n V ov a) For a Mosfet transistor, show that f t ----------------- assuming and the overlap com- 4πL C gs» C gd ponent of C gs is negligibly small. b) Consider the circuit below, only consider the capacitors and. C gs C gd R S v 1 V DD R D 50k v o for each transistor 1 ma/v g m C gs C gd 1 pf r o v s 00k Find the pole due to the node and also find the pole due to the node. v 1 V SS v o ω p1 ω p page 3 of 10
[6] Question 3: Consider the transistor below where it is biased such that V ov 0.V. Including the effects of C gs and C gd, find the frequency, f 45, where the impedance has a phase angle of 45 (in Hz). Ignore. Z i () s r o V ov 0.V W 3um L 0.3um r o f 45 page 4 of 10
[6] Question 4: Consider the circuit shown below. V g DD m1 g m 100uA/V A cl v O i S r o1 r o 100k 100k R in R f M R f v O Hint: transconductance gm1 is parallel to gm i S M 1 R out a) Find L, A and d. L A d page 5 of 10
b) Find v o i s, R in and R out. v o i s R in R out page 6 of 10
[6] Question 5: Assume the loop gain for a feedback system is found to be the following. Ls () 5 10 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- where ω,,. ( 1 + s ω p1 )( 1 + s ω p )( 1 + s ω p3 ) p1 10 1 ω p 10 6 ω p3 10 9 a) Sketch the Bode plot for the above loop gain (both mag and phase) Mag Phase page 7 of 10
b) Estimate the phase-margin (PM) for the above loop gain. Hint, the unity gain freq is much greater than and much less than. ω p1 ω p3 PM c) Estimate the time-constant for the settling behaviour of this feedback system (assuming it can be modeled as a first-order system). τ page 8 of 10
[6] Question 6: Consider a class AB BJT output stage shown below. Assume transistors and Q p are matched with I s 10 13 A, β is large, and the output is sinusoidal with a maximum amplitude of 10V. +1V Assume V T 5mV Q n v S V BB Q n Q p v O R L 50 1V V BB a) Find the value of such that the quiescent current is 5% of the maximum load current. V BB b) For an output voltage of -5V, estimate i n, i p, and v S. i n i p v S page 9 of 10
Analog Electronics Equation Sheet Constants: k 1.38 10 3 JK 1 ; q 1.60 10 19 C ; V T kt q 6mV at 300 K; ε 0 8.854 10 1 F/m ; k ox 3.9 ; C ox ( k ox ε 0 ) t ox NMOS: k n µ n C ox ( W L) ; V tn > 0 ; v DS 0 ; v ov v GS V tn (triode) v DS v ov (or v D < v G V tn ) ; i D k n (( v ov )v DS ( v DS ) ) (active) v DS v ov ; i D 0.5k n v ov ( 1 + λv DS ) ; g m k n V ov I D V ov k n I D ; r s 1 g m ; r o L ( λ I D ) PMOS: k p µ p C ox ( W L) ; V tp < 0 ; v SD 0 ; v ov v SG V tp (triode) v SD v ov (or ( v D > v G + V tp )) ; i D k p (( v ov )v SD ( v SD ) ) (active) v DS v ov ; i D 0.5k p v ov ( 1 + λ v SD ) ; g m k p V ov I D V ov k p I D ; r s 1 g m ; r o L ( λ I D ) ( BJT: (active) i C I S e v BE V T) ( 1 + ( vce V A )) ; g m α r e I C V T ; r e V T I E ; r π β g m ; r o V A I C i C βi B ; i E ( β + 1)i B ; α β ( β + 1) ; i C αi E ; R b ( β + 1) ( r e + R E ) ; R e ( R B + r π ) ( β + 1) v R x ( 1 + g m R S )r R o x 1 g m + R D ( g m r o ) o Cascode: v i 1 v i R R sc ( 1 g m + R S ) vi i voc v v D i RD o v i g m ( r o R D ) S v i ( Approx due to g m r o» 1) Diff Pair: A d g m R D ; A CM ( R D ( R SS ))(( R D ) R D ) ; A CM ( R D ( R SS ))(( g m ) g m ) V os V t ; V os ( V ov ) (( R D ) R D ); V os ( V ov ) (( ( W L) ) ( W L) ) 1st order: step response yt () Y ( Y Y 0+ )e t τ A unity gain freq for Ts ( ) -------------------------- M f t A M ω 3dB when A M» 1 1 + s ω 3dB ( 1 + s z Freq: for real axis poles/zeros 1 )( 1 + s z ) ( 1 + s z m ) Ts ( ) k dc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1 + s ω 1 )( 1 + s ω ) ( 1 + s ω n ) OTC estimate f H 1 ( π τ i ) ; dominant pole estimate f H 1 ( πτ max ) Miller: Z 1 Z ( 1 K) ; Z Z ( 1 1 K) Mos caps: C gs ( 3)WLC ox + WL ov C ox ; C gd WL ov C ox ; C db C db0 ( 1 + V db V 0 ) f t g m ( π( C gs + C gd )) assuming C gd «C gs f t ( 3µV ov ) ( 4πL ) Feedback: A f A ( 1 + Aβ) ; x i ( 1 ( 1 + Aβ) )x s ; da f A f ( 1 ( 1 + Aβ) )da A ; ω Hf ω H ( 1 + Aβ) ; ω Lf ω L ( 1 + Aβ) Loop Gain L s r s t ; A f A ( L ( 1 + L) ) + d ( 1 + L) ; Z port Z 0( ( 1 + L P S ) ( 1 + L O )) PM Ljω ( 1 ) + 180 ; GM Ljω ( 180 ) db Pole Splitting ω p1 1 ( g m R C f R 1 ) ; ω p ( g m C f ) ( C 1 C + C f ( C 1 + C )) Pole Pair: s + ( ω o Q)s + ω o 0 ; Q 0.5 real poles ; Q > 1 freq resp peaking ˆ ˆ Power Amps: Class A: η ( 1 4) ( V o ( IR L ))( V o V CC ) Class B: η ( π 4) V ˆ ( o V CC ); P DN_max V CC ( π R L ) Class AB: i n i p I Q -stage cmos opamp: ω p1 ( 1 ( R 1 G m R C c )); ω p ( G m C ); ω z ( 1 ( C c (( 1 G m ) R) )) SR I C c ω t V ov1 ; ˆ will not SR limit if ω t V o < SR MOS Transistor; CMOS basic parameters. Channel length 0.18µm V t ( V) µc ox ( µa V ) λ ( µm/v) C ox ( ff µm ) t ox ( nm) L ov ( µm) C ---------- db0 W ------- ff µm NMOS 0.4 40 0.05 8.5 4 0.04 0.3 PMOS -0.4 60-0.05 8.5 4 0.0 0.3 page 10 of 10