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Need to find ratio \$\frac{V_s}{V_o}\$ in terms of the \$R_1,R_2,R_s\$ and \$g_m\$. I have expressed \$\frac{V_o}{V_s}\$ as \$\frac{g_mv_{gs}R_2}{V_s}\$ but I am unsure how to express \$V_{gs}\$ in terms of the \$R_1,R_2,R_s\$ and \$g_m\$.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Just a note for future reference: You should use the MathJAX tags when writing equations to clean them up!

This is the small signal equivalent model of a degenerated common-source stage:

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simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

Note that the gate is modeled as an open branch, because no current flows into the gate. Therefore \$ I_g \$ is 0. We can then write KVL/KCL equations to relate \$ V_s \$ and \$ V_o \$.

If you look at the right side of the circuit, all of the current from the dependent current source flows through \$ R_2 \$. Which means that \$ V_{out} = - g_m V_{gs} R_2 \$ Now, all we need to do is relate \$ V_{gs} \$ to \$ V_s \$. Note that since no current flows through the resistor, the voltage drop across the resistor is 0.

So \$V_{gs} = V_s - g_m V_{gs} R_1 \$.

We can rewrite the above expression as the following

$$ V_s = V_{gs}\left ( 1 + g_m R_1 \right) $$

Now we substitute \$ V_{gs} \$ into into the equation for \$ V_{out} \$:

$$ V_{out} = \frac{-g_m R_2 V_S}{1 + g_m R_1} $$ $$ A_v \equiv \frac{V_{out}}{V_s} = \frac{-g_m R_2}{1 + g_m R_1} $$

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  • \$\begingroup\$ if i placed a resistor between the open terminals , how does that affect the voltages across the other resistors in the circuit ? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 21:46

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