Systems Approach
Effects of RS and RL
TWO-PORT SYSTEMS
• any two-port system
• not only those containing BJTs and FETs
• If we take a “Thévenin look” at the output terminals
we find with Vi set to zero that,
• For the input circuit the parameters V i and Ii are related by
Zi = Ri, permitting the use of Ri to represent the input
circuit.
• Since our present interest is in BJT and FET amplifiers,
both Zo and Zi can be represented by resistive elements.
EFFECT OF A LOAD IMPEDANCE (RL)
EFFECT OF A SOURCE IMPEDANCE (RS)
COMBINED EFFECT OF RS and RL
CASCADED SYSTEMS
• A v1 is determined with the input impedance to A v2
acting as the load on A v1. For A v2, A v1 will determine the
signal strength and source impedance at the input to
A v2. The total gain of the system is then determined by
the product of the individual gains as follows: