Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073380643
Author: Donald A. Neamen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
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Chapter 10, Problem 2RQ
Explain the significance of the output resistance of the current-source circuit.
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Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
Ch. 10 - The circuit parameters for the two-transistor...Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure 10.3. The...Ch. 10 - The parameters of the circuit shown in Figure 10.5...Ch. 10 - Consider the Widlar current source in Figure 10.9....Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit in Figure 10.10. Assume the...Ch. 10 - A Widlar current source is shown in Figure 10.9....Ch. 10 - Figure 10.12 shows the N-output current mirror....Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.1TYUCh. 10 - Prob. 10.2TYUCh. 10 - For the Wilson current source in Figure 10.8, the...
Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.4TYUCh. 10 - Prob. 10.8EPCh. 10 - Prob. 10.9EPCh. 10 - Consider the JFET circuit in Figure 10.24. The...Ch. 10 - Consider Design Example 10.8. 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The...Ch. 10 - Consider the Wilson current-source circuit shown...Ch. 10 - Consider the Widlar current source shown in Figure...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.25PCh. 10 - Consider the circuit in Figure P10.26. Neglect...Ch. 10 - (a) For the Widlar current source shown in Figure...Ch. 10 - Consider the Widlar current source in Problem...Ch. 10 - (a) Design the Widlar current source such that...Ch. 10 - Design a Widlar current source to provide a bias...Ch. 10 - Design the Widlar current source shown in Figure...Ch. 10 - The circuit parameters of the Widlar current...Ch. 10 - Consider the Widlar current source in Figure 10.9....Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit in Figure P10.34. The...Ch. 10 - The modified Widlar current-source circuit shown...Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit in Figure P10.36. Neglect...Ch. 10 - Consider the Widlar current-source circuit with...Ch. 10 - Assume that all transistors in the circuit in...Ch. 10 - In the circuit in Figure P10.39, the transistor...Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit in Figure P10.39, with...Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P10.41....Ch. 10 - For the circuit shown in Figure P 10.42, assume...Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit in Figure P10.43. The...Ch. 10 - Consider the MOSFET current-source circuit in...Ch. 10 - The MOSFET current-source circuit in Figure P10.44...Ch. 10 - Consider the basic two-transistor NMOS current...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.47PCh. 10 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P10.48. Let...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.49PCh. 10 - The circuit parameters for the circuit shown in...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.51PCh. 10 - Figure P10.52 is a PMOS version of the...Ch. 10 - The circuit shown in Figure P10.52 is biased at...Ch. 10 - The transistor circuit shown in Figure P10.54 is...Ch. 10 - Assume the circuit shown in Figure P10.54 is...Ch. 10 - The circuit in Figure P 10.56 is a PMOS version of...Ch. 10 - The transistors in Figure P10.56 have the same...Ch. 10 - Consider the NMOS cascode current source in Figure...Ch. 10 - Consider the NMOS current source in Figure P10.59....Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.60PCh. 10 - The transistors in the circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 10 - A Wilson current mirror is shown in Figure...Ch. 10 - Repeat Problem 10.62 for the modified Wilson...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.64PCh. 10 - Prob. 10.65PCh. 10 - Prob. D10.66PCh. 10 - Prob. D10.67PCh. 10 - The parameters of the transistors in the circuit...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.69PCh. 10 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P10.70. The...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.71PCh. 10 - Prob. D10.72PCh. 10 - Prob. 10.73PCh. 10 - Prob. D10.74PCh. 10 - Prob. 10.75PCh. 10 - For the circuit shown in Figure P10.76, the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.77PCh. 10 - Prob. 10.78PCh. 10 - The bias voltage of the MOSFET amplifier with...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.80PCh. 10 - Prob. 10.81PCh. 10 - Prob. 10.82PCh. 10 - A BJT amplifier with active load is shown in...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.84PCh. 10 - Prob. 10.85PCh. 10 - Prob. 10.86PCh. 10 - The parameters of the transistors in Figure P10.87...Ch. 10 - The parameters of the transistors in Figure P10.88...Ch. 10 - A BJT cascode amplifier with a cascode active load...Ch. 10 - Design a bipolar cascode amplifier with a cascode...Ch. 10 - Design a MOSFET cascode amplifier with a cascode...Ch. 10 - Design a generalized Widlar current source (Figure...Ch. 10 - The current source to be designed has the general...Ch. 10 - Designa PMOS version of the current source circuit...Ch. 10 - Consider Exercise TYU 10.10. 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