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How can a stage's slew rate be raised without changing its compensation?

  • A.Increase the collector load resistance
  • B.Reduce the devices' current gain
  • C.Widen the input common-mode range
  • D.Increase the tail current

Answer: D

Slew rate is the tail current divided by the compensation capacitance, so more tail current gives a proportionally faster edge - at the cost of more supply current and, unless the loads are changed, a different gain. Load resistance, current gain and common-mode range do not appear in the expression. When a limit is a ratio, either term is a legitimate target, and which to change depends on what else each one affects.

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