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If M2 suffers from channel length modulation but M1 doesn’t, what is the voltage gain?(a) 2gm1 * Rd || 1/gm2 * gm2 * Rd2(b) 2gm1 * Rd || 1/gm2 * gm2 * 2Rd2(c) gm1 * Rd || 12/gm2 * gm2 * Rd2(d) gm1 * Rd || 1/gm2 || ro2 * gm2 * Rd2The question was posed to me in a job interview.My question is taken from MOSFET Amplifier with CG Configuration in section FET Amplifiers of Analog Circuits

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Correct choice is (d) gm1 * Rd || 1/GM2 || ro2 * gm2 * Rd2

Easy explanation: The VOLTAGE GAIN DUE to M1 is gm1 * Rd || 1/gm2 || ro2 since we find that the drain of M1 is connected to the source of M2 and the impedance looking into the source of a MOSFET is 1/gm2 || ro2 due to the channel length modulation of M2. Now, the voltage gain due to the 2^nd CG STAGE is simply gm2*Rd2. Hence, the total voltage gain is a product of both the factors ie gm1 * Rd || 1/gm2 * gm2 * Rd2.



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