A change in the value of the emitter resistance RE in a differential amplifier

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  1. Affects the difference mode gain, Ad
  2. Affects the common mode gain, Ac
  3. Affects both Ad and Ac
  4. Does not affect either Ad or Ac

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Option 2 : Affects the common mode gain, Ac
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Differential amplifier is shown below:

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Differential voltage Gain (Ad) is given by:

Ad = -gmRc

And the Common-mode gain  (Acm) is given by:

\({A_{cm}} = \frac{{ - {R_c}}}{{2{R_E}}}\)

We can observe that with an increase in RE,  Acm decreases.

Note:

\(CMRR = \left| {\frac{{{A_d}}}{{{A_{cm}}}}} \right|\)

\(CMRR = \frac{{{g_m}{R_c}}}{{\frac{{{R_c}}}{{2{R_E}}}}}\)

\( = 2{g_m}{R_E}\)

We can observe that with an increase in RE,  Acm decreases, and CMRR increases.

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