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Cascade Transistor
Amplifiers
Purpose
To improve gain
For impedance matching
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The current gain and output impedance of last stage are,
A
I2
= - I
e2
/I
b2
= -h
fe
/1+h
oc
R
e2
R
i2
= h
ie
+h
re
A
I2
R
e2
The voltage gain is, A
v2
=1-h
ie2
/R
i2
For first stage the load resistance R
L1
is a parallel
combination of R
C1
and R
i2
. That is R
L1
= R
C1
R
i2
The current gain is, A
I1
= -I
c1
/I
b1
= -h
fe
/1+h
oe
R
l1
The input impedance, R
i1
= h
ie
+h
re
A
I1
R
L1
The voltage gain of first stage A
V1
= (A
I1
R
L1
/R
i1
)
The overall voltage gain = A
V
=A
V1
A
V2
The overall current gain = A
I
= -I
e2
/I
b1
= (-I
e2
/I
b2
).(I
b2
/I
c1
).(I
c1
/I
b1
)
= - A
I2
I
b2
/I
c1
A
I1
; but I
b2
/I
c1
=-R
C1
/R
i2
+R
C1
Hence A
I
= A
I1
A
I2
R
C1
/R
i2
+R
C1

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