ECE2201 Lectures Bitar

Lecture 20

BJT Common Emitter (CE) Amplifier with

Voltage Divider Bias AND Capacitive Coupling

DC Analysis o Voltage Divider Bias (Single-Supply Operation) o Thevenin Equivalent Analysis o Rule of Thumb

Small-Signal (ac) Analysis o Capacitive Coupling o Ground Referenced Input Signal o High-Pass-Filter (HPF) Frequency Response o Replace C with Short Circuit in (ac) Analysis