"JURB6006" bravely wrote to "All" (12 May 04 00:56:27)
--- on the heady topic of "Re: grounded-grid MOSFET"
A trick to minimize input capacitance it to use a split darlington
style with the 2nd feeding back capacitively from its source to the
drain of the 1st fet which is decoupled by a resistance.
Also wouldn't a combination common source with common grid circuit
called a cascode solve each of the problems? For example the input
common source solves the current problem and the following common grid
solves the capacitance problem? With enough current a cascode circuit
still amplifies at many megahertz with minimal input capacitance.
JU> From:
[email protected] (JURB6006)
JU> You know engineers lost the convenience of building a drive circuit
JU> with practically no current behind it when bipolar came out.
JU> The advent of FETs solved this. The only reason to use the common gate
JU> design is to remove most of the effect of interelectrode capacitance.
JU> If it costs you more to implement this, your are not ahead. Driving the
JU> capacitance might be better than supplying the entire output current,
JU> which is what you must do in a common gate circuit.
JU> You would most likely want to use a coil, whether you apply the signal
JU> to the source or gate, you still must give it enough drive to cause
JU> cutoff as well as the level of saturation you need. In this case you
JU> need to supply this to a much lower impedance.
JU> In the 20m band, a common source circuit might be better with modern
JU> devices. Think about it.
JU> JURB