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MOSFET differential pair with feedback

Electrical Engineering Asked by JTaft121 on February 28, 2021

I’ve been looking deeper into the idea of performing feedback analysis for MOSFET differential pair configurations. This particular amplifier circuit has been giving me some trouble, where I am looking to find the closed-loop gain $(v_{o}/v_{s}) $:

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The circuit states that the transconductances of the MOSFETs in the pair are equal but the transconductance of the 3rd MOSFET is not $(g_{M1}=g_{M2}ne g_{M3}) $. Output resistances of the transistors are also taken to be infinity.

If we continue under the assumption that $R_1=R_2$ and perform our standard $Abeta$ feedback analysis, I arrive at the following equations:

$$A=-g_{M3}R_{eq}g_{M1}R_{1},space beta=frac{R_5}{R_5+R_4}$$

where $R_{eq}=(R_{22}||R_3)=((R_4+R_5)||R_3)$ with the final closed-loop gain expression being of the form:

$$left( frac{v_o}{v_s} right)=frac{A}{1+Abeta}$$

Here is my issue. I do not see how the gain can be solved for unless $R_1$ is taken to be equal to $R_2$. This assumption allows us to convert the differential pair into a half circuit and makes solving the $A$ circuit relatively straightforward.

Is this a legitimate assumption though, or can the circuit be solved assuming $R_1ne R_2$?

One Answer

Of course, the gain at the drain node of M1 will NOT be (totally) independent on the value of R2.

HOWEVER, the influence of R2 will nearly be neglectable. This can be verified as follows:

  • The transistor M1 is operated in common source configuration with signal feedback caused by the (rather low) input resistance r_in2 at the source of M2. This input resistance is (nearly) independent on the resistor R2 and we are allowed to set r_in2=1/gm2.

  • Of course, such a simplification causes a small error which, however, will be smaller than other uncertainties: Resistor tolerances, non-ideal current source, differences between gm1 and gm2, neglection of transistor output impedances,...)

Answered by LvW on February 28, 2021

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