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What is the Miller effect in a common-emitter stage?

  • A.The output resistance appears magnified by the load
  • B.The collector-base capacitance appears magnified at the input
  • C.The emitter resistance appears magnified at the base
  • D.The base current appears magnified at the collector

Answer: B

Because the collector swings in antiphase to the base, the collector-base capacitance appears at the input multiplied by one plus the voltage gain, which usually dominates the stage's bandwidth. The emitter resistance is indeed multiplied at the base, but that is the impedance-reflection rule rather than the Miller effect. A small capacitance across an inverting gain becomes a large one, which is why the cascode arrangement, with no voltage gain at the lower device, exists at all.

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