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How does a cascode arrangement defeat the Miller effect?

  • A.The upper device has a very small collector-base capacitance
  • B.The two devices' capacitances are placed in series
  • C.The gain is taken at the input rather than the output
  • D.The lower device operates at almost no voltage gain

Answer: D

With a common-base stage above it holding the collector nearly fixed, the lower device's voltage gain is about unity, so its collector-base capacitance is barely multiplied at all. The overall voltage gain is still taken, but at the upper device where the capacitance does not bridge input and output. Capacitances are not placed in series and the input is not where gain appears. Separating where the gain is taken from where the capacitance is seen is the whole trick.

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