Common-Base Voltage Amplifier - Capacitors

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aac044210

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Since I have never worked with a common-base amplifier before,
I just wanted to confirm that the coupling capacitors and bypass capacitor
values have been correctly calculated for the attached voltage amplifier.

f1 = 20Hz, Zin = 24.2Ω, Zout = 2.8KΩ, RB2 = 1KΩ

C1 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * Zin * 0.1 = 3,288μF

C2 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * RB2 * 0.1 = 80μF

C3 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * Zout * 0.1 = 28μF

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aac044210

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I think "RB2" should be "RB2//RB1" parallel of the two resistors.

Change "Zout" to "RL". The capacitor is loaded by RL=10k.
Thanks Ron.
I am still concerned about C1, wondering if the resistance should be Zin or RE.
Zin results in such a large capacitor.

Thanks Ron!
 
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ronsimpson

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I did a frequency response at the Emitter and it looks right.
The current through C1 goes mostly into the Emitter (Zin=24) and a little goes into RE=1k. So really it is Zin//RE. In the real world RE has little effect and I did not include it before. But in school I think you should say Zin parallel with RE.
 

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aac044210

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Zin = r'e||RE ≈ r'e if RE >> r'e

The impedance seen by C3 is (Rc + RL).
So these are correct?
C1 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * Zin * 0.1 = 3,183μF

C2 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * RB * 0.1 = 80μF

C3 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * (RC + RL) * 0.1 = 6μF

where Zin = 25Ω, RB = 822Ω, and RC + RL = 13.9KΩ
 
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ronsimpson

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Jony130

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So these are correct?
C1 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * Zin * 0.1 = 3,183μF

C2 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * RB * 0.1 = 80μF

C3 = 1 / 2 * π * 20Hz * (RC + RL) * 0.1 = 6μF

where Zin = 25Ω, RB = 822Ω, and RC + RL = 13.9KΩ
Looks good. And C1 is large because you set your 3dB corner frequency at 2Hz and Zin is very low resistance.

And in real life pick the capacitor values from this series:

10, 22, 33, 47, 51, 68

So we have

C1 = 3300μF
C2 = 100μF
C3 = 6.8μF or 10μF (better).

Because those values are easy to buy in reality.

C3 is only this circuit, no more. No RC.
How can Rc do not have any influence on C3 time constant?
 
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