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So I've been lurking here for a while now, always checking other's solutions but this one has just got me stumped.
Skill level: 3rd year electronic circuit design (about the level expected in Sedra & Smith from chapter 3 onwards)
For the MOSFET differential amplifier in the above figure(check attachments), draw the small
signal model. Determine the differential input resistance (Rid), output resistance (Ro) and
gain (Ad) of the circuit when v_1 = v_d/2 and v_2 = -v_d/2.
For a BJT:
R_id = 2 r_pi
There's only one bit that I'm trying to wrap my head around. The differential input resistance. As a MOSFET there's only a capacitance between the gate and the source. Despite whatever resistance we put in, the capacitance causes the entire v_1 to be at the gate, since no current flows out of the gate.
Using the formula for a BJT's R_id but substituting r_pi to be an open circuit (R= infinite) is R_id infinite? Is it a trick question? (The bit that has me hesitating is the lecturer underlined the word differential).
(attachments are my small signal model and the circuit from the question)
Skill level: 3rd year electronic circuit design (about the level expected in Sedra & Smith from chapter 3 onwards)
Homework Statement
For the MOSFET differential amplifier in the above figure(check attachments), draw the small
signal model. Determine the differential input resistance (Rid), output resistance (Ro) and
gain (Ad) of the circuit when v_1 = v_d/2 and v_2 = -v_d/2.
Homework Equations
For a BJT:
R_id = 2 r_pi
The Attempt at a Solution
There's only one bit that I'm trying to wrap my head around. The differential input resistance. As a MOSFET there's only a capacitance between the gate and the source. Despite whatever resistance we put in, the capacitance causes the entire v_1 to be at the gate, since no current flows out of the gate.
Using the formula for a BJT's R_id but substituting r_pi to be an open circuit (R= infinite) is R_id infinite? Is it a trick question? (The bit that has me hesitating is the lecturer underlined the word differential).
(attachments are my small signal model and the circuit from the question)