Solid-State Devices & Circuits 13. Emitter and Source Followers ECE 342 Solid-State Devices & Circuits 13. Emitter and Source Followers Jose E. Schutt-Aine Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Illinois jschutt@emlab.uiuc.edu
Emitter Follower
Emitter Follower High-Frequency Exact analysis is too tedious approximate
Emitter Follower
High-Frequency Analysis of Emitter Follower sedr42021_0652a.jpg leads to:
High-Frequency Analysis of Emitter Follower
Source Follower with Active Load Characteristics Provides a buffer stage M1 is amplifying stage M2 is active load
Source Follower – Incremental Model
Source Follower – High Frequency Since the source-to-substrate voltage for M1 varies, the body effect for that transistor must be included
Source Follower – High Frequency Modified high-frequency model
Source Follower – Frequency Response
Emitter Follower with Active Load (current mirror) Emitter follower can be used to drive a low-impedance load
Emitter Follower with Active Load Midband gain:
Emitter Follower with Active Load AC Properties Gain is less than 1 and near 1 for typical element values Frequency response has one zero and two poles Exact frequency response is difficult Use SPICE Output stage of NPN current mirror serves as high impedance load at emitter of Q1