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Analog Lab Tips

The document provides tips for conducting AC and DC simulations in an Intro Circuits Lab, emphasizing the importance of proper biasing to keep transistors in saturation. It mentions the use of Moodle for extracting internal transistor parameters and highlights the linearity of AC simulations. Additionally, it suggests performing transient simulations with specific input conditions to validate results against AC simulations.

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Analog Lab Tips

The document provides tips for conducting AC and DC simulations in an Intro Circuits Lab, emphasizing the importance of proper biasing to keep transistors in saturation. It mentions the use of Moodle for extracting internal transistor parameters and highlights the linearity of AC simulations. Additionally, it suggests performing transient simulations with specific input conditions to validate results against AC simulations.

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Analog Lab tips

For Intro Circuits LaB


AC Path
(small signal)

DC Path
• DC
simulation
• There is no
current
across
resistor R1,
so PG1 = PG2
and the
current
mirror works
well.
• Need to bias
the circuit so
that M0 is in
saturation
(Vds > Vdsat).
• There is a file in Moodle which
gives directions how to extract
internal transistor parameters.
Please use this to get gm, Vds,
Vdsat from the transistors in
the DC sim.
• AC simulation is
fully linear. If the
transistors are
biased correctly
in the DC sim,
then they will stay
in saturation no
matter how big
the input signal
is.
• Applying a 1V
input doesn’t
take any
transistors out of
saturation, since
only the small
signal model is
applied.
Vcc = 2V

RL = 100k, 1M
The AC sim is completely linearized, so I picked Vin = 1V (AC). The yellow curve has a gain of ~ 13, which is 21dB
• Transient simulation – pick the frequency where the gain is
maximum and apply a 1mV sin wave at the input.
• If you did this correctly, then the results should be similar to the AC sim.
• Diode connected load – repeat some of the steps with a diode
connected device as a load.

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