Questions tagged [biasing]
The setting of the DC operating point (the DC voltage or current about which the instantaneous value might vary) of an electronic component that processes time-varying signals.
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Op-amp biasing not working as intended
This is regarding the biasing of a second order Sallen-Key low pass filter. The filter seems to work fine when I use a sinusoidal input in LTSpice and produces an output centered around 1.65 V. ...
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Strange BJT biasing design
I'm studying old equipment BJT amplification, and I often see this kind of biasing design I reproduced in circuitJS (and seems to work very well): The AC generator on the left is a tape recorder play ...
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Zener+Capacitor+BJT-based noise generator: How to calculate the DC bias on the output by hand?
I am exploring the DC values on a noise generator given by the Circuit Digest web page at Simple White Noise Generator Circuit. Expressed in CircuitLab, we have: simulate this circuit – ...
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How to calculate resistors of bypass transistor?
In the following circuit, I would like to understand the importance of the current limiting resistor at the base of Q1 (5K Ohm), and the function of the 500 ohm resistor at the base of the NPN ...
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How to lower distortion in common base configuration?
I'm trying to make an amplifier with a common base input followed by an emitter follower, and I'm getting outrageous distortion figures when I simulate it in Multisim. For example, for a 5 mV (10 mV p-...
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How to approach this question on MOSFETs from Razavi?
So here how I get it, it is the drains of pMOS and nMOS are shorted, which implies it is like two current sources joined and both have same direction. For (a), to ensure that both the saturation ...
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Meaning of this step done for this self biased bjt question from Razavi?
This question is from the book Fundamentals of Microelectronics by Behzad Razavi I am having trouble understanding how they reached that expression of Vx. Would I be correct to do the following : The ...
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How to Bias +/-2V into 0->4V single-ended
I have a non-contact current sensor with a ±2 V output (10–15 Ω source impedance). I need to shift it by +2 V to get 0–4 V (and then I will scale it to 0-3.3V) for my ADC. I have looked at three ...